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Two children are recovering in hospital after being reportedly doused in gasoline and then set on fire in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Ronge.

Corey Ecarnot with La Ronge EMS said paramedics were called to the Lac La Ronge First Nation early Sunday to treat an eight-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl.

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Ecarnot could not say how serious the children’s injuries were.

“One was treated at La Ronge hospital and the other was airlifted to Saskatoon,” he said in an interview Tuesday.

There is no word on the extent of the children’s injuries or their current conditions.

La Ronge RCMP have not released details, but a police spokesperson said that two children under the age of 12 were attacked by a third child also under the age of 12.

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Investigators said charges cannot be laid against the accused under the Youth Criminal Justice Act due to their age.

La Ronge RCMP members have been working with local officials and agencies to ensure everyone involved are receiving the appropriate support.

La Ronge is approximately 345 kilometres north of Saskatoon.

With files from The Canadian Press