AN 11-YEAR-old boy, who suffered severe burns after his T-shirt caught alight while he was lighting a chafing dish gel fuel burner, is finally home after spending 29 agonising days in hospital.
Xavier Mariah, a Grade 5 pupil at Laerskool Oranjegloed, in Secunda, has made a “miraculous” recovery after sustaining second-degree burns to his body.
An upbeat Xavier told