Hunter teen airlifted to hospital with life threatening burns

BY JARROD MELMETH

A teenager has been airlifted to the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney after suffering serious burns during an incident at Raymond Terrace.

Just after 8pm on Sunday night, NSW Ambulance was called to the scene where they began treatment on the 17-year-old who had life threatening burns to his entire body, reportedly from a bonfire. 

Due the serious nature of the burns, the Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the scene before the teenager was placed in an induced coma and put on life support.

He was flown to Sydney in a critical condition. 

Woman sets man alight in Hamilton

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

Forensic police spent much of yesterday in Hamilton South after a woman allegedly set a man on fire during a domestic dispute.

Police say she doused the 26-year-old man in petrol before using a cigarette lighter to set him alight at a property on Triumph Way.

The man was in a serious condition last night at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital but is now listed in a serious but stable condition with critical burns.

The 28-year-old woman also suffered burns during the incident and has since been released from hospital - she's expected to face Newcastle Local Court today.