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Sisters face a huge uphill battle after getting caught in a fireball when a barrel of fuel was tipped onto a bonfire they were standing next to
- Two sisters suffered severe burns after a jerry can exploded on a campfire
- Olivia, 23, and Jesse Jones, 21, were set on fire when the can of fuel caught fire
- Olivia suffered second-degree burns while Jesse was kept in an artificial coma
- A GoFundMe set up by their older sister to support the girls has raised $30,000
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Two sisters suffered severe burns to their bodies after a can of fuel poured onto a campfire exploded, setting both girls on fire.
Olivia Jones, 23, and Jesse Jones, 21, were about 10 feet from the fire at a sheep barn in Telopea Downs, western Victoria, on Oct. 17 when the jerry can caught fire.
The flames immediately set them on fire and engulfed the sisters in a fireball.
They were flown to Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital and treated for multiple burns.
Olivia suffered second-degree burns to her face, hands, shoulders and back.
Her younger sister Jesse was kept in an artificial coma because her airways were so badly burned and swollen.
She underwent surgery to apply skin grafts to her chest, shoulder, under her arm and both hands.
Olivia Jones, 23, and Jesse Jones, 21, were about ten feet away from a fire in a sheep barn in Telopea Downs on Oct. 17 when a jerry can caught fire, setting them on fire.
The jerry can used to fuel the fire exploded, with flames engulfing the sisters (stock image)
Olivia was released from the hospital last Thursday and Jesse spent the next two weeks in a burn unit.
The girls’ older sister, Maddison, created a GoFundMe page for their ongoing medical expenses, with the page already raising more than $30,000.
“I’m starting this page to try to take the pressure off both girls, as well as Liv’s daughters, Winslow and Molly, so that they don’t have to worry about anything but themselves and their health at this point,” the page read.
“I’m asking if anyone would be generous to help them… It doesn’t matter how big or small. Everything will help at this point. Especially in view of the fact that both will no longer be working for quite some time.’
Jesse told the Herald Sun she was lucky to be alive when she heard her hair crackle and revealed she could taste fuel in her mouth.
A GoFundMe page for their ongoing medical expenses raised more than $30,000 when Olivia suffered second-degree burns to her face, hands, shoulders and back and had Jesse have skin grafts placed on her chest, shoulder, under her arm and both hands.
She recalled crying in the shower when she felt her “rubbery and wrinkly” skin.
Jesse also said that when she looked at the skin on her hands, it looked like it was melting off.
“I’ll never, ever forget the feeling of my face and head in flames… I couldn’t breathe,” she said.
“I screamed and screamed, but I don’t remember what I said, I just remember that moment when I thought, ‘I’m going to die’.
Her hands had been left in such a condition that they were so bandaged and blistered that she could no longer use cutlery and her eyes were swollen shut.
The sisters were told to avoid the sun for the next two years because they run the risk of permanent skin damage if they burn.