Four boys playing at a family home in Nerong, near Bulahdelah, were taken to hospital on Tuesday night with burns after an explosion involving nitro fuel for a remote-controlled boat.

The group, aged between 11 and 13, had been playing with a drum of fuel around 7pm when they decided to light a small amount of the liquid that had been tipped onto the driveway of the Curlew Crescent home.



Four boys were hurt in the explosion. Credit:Max Mason-Hubers

The flame then shot to the drum of fuel causing it to explode.

Two of the boys, aged 12 and 13, suffered burns all over their bodies and on their faces.