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2-Year-Old Severely Burned by Fryer Containing Hot Cooking Grease

Ternesha Womack | Mar 4, 2022

Hot cooking grease left a toddler in Plano critically burned on March 1.

The 2-year-old boy was severely burned on Tuesday after he pulled a fryer filled with hot grease off of a countertop and onto himself.

Firefighters were called to the scene at a Plano apartment complex in the 3500 Block of Park Boulevard at 8 p.m.

The child was transported to the Parkland Hospital burn unit.

He suffered burns on over 30% of his body, including his face, but his injuries are non-life-threatening.

Plano fire investigators determined that the incident was an accident.

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