It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You turn your back for one second and catastrophe happens. That’s the case for 26-year-old father Christopher Calhoun.
While he wasn’t looking, Calhoun’s four-year-old daughter poured gasoline down their slide to make it more slippery for herself and her sister.
A charge of static electricity caused the gasoline to ignite and now his 2 year old is in a medically induced coma with burns over 30 percent of her body.
Calhoun told police he had been playing outside with his girls when stepped inside the house for just a moment. He heard screams and saw his daughters, one of whom was on fire.
Calhoun grabbed the two-year-old and put her in the shower to douse the flames while calling 911.
It’s unclear how or where the 4 year old found the gasoline can from which she poured the highly flammable liquid.
Police are treating the incident as an accident and have decided not to file charges against Calhoun.