A young boy is fighting for his life after suffering serious burns when his nativity costume erupted into flames in front of his shocked father following an accident with a candle during a carol service at a south London church. London Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service attended the scene. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: 'We were called at 2:10pm today to reports of an incident on Bingham Road, Croydon. London Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service attended the scene. 'We took the child to hospital by air and we took the man and the woman to hospital by road.'

Source: Daily Mail December 12, 2019 11:08 UTC