Girl from Terrace, B.C., dies after hair catches fire at backyard firepit
TERRACE, B.C. — A 13-year-old girl has died after catching fire at a backyard firepit in British Columbia, leaving her family searching for answers about what exactly happened.
Lynn Peerless says she looked out her backyard window in Terrace last week when she heard her daughter Grace screaming and saw her hair on fire.
“I yelled at her to stop, drop and roll and I yelled at my son who was also home at the time to grab the garden hose, because I saw her on fire,” Peerless said in an interview Thursday.
“I’ll never forget looking out my window and seeing my daughter with her hair on fire.”