A fundraiser for a Connecticut child recovering from second- and third-degree burns has raised over $230,000 as of Wednesday night.
The money will be used to help the family of 6-year-old Dominick Krankall find a new place to live. Krankall was hospitalized Sunday after another child covered a ball in gasoline, set it on fire, and threw it at him, according to the family’s GoFundMe page.
“This kid downstairs has gotten away with too much and has a history of bullying,” Kayla Deegan, Krankall’s sister, said. “The mother thinks he is innocent. The family thinks it’s a joke. Even though Dominick can’t talk because he’s in a lot of pain and all swollen, he said to my mom, ‘Please don’t take me back there.'”
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Krankall is able to eat “a few bites of food past his extremely swollen lips” as of Tuesday, and the family is “beyond grateful” for the support they have received from donors, Deegan said Wednesday.
Krankall is expected to recover, hospital officials said, according to NBC New York.
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Police are investigating preliminary reports of four unattended children who were seen playing with gasoline and lighting objects on fire. Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald said there is video that could assist with the inquiry.
“We don’t know if it’s an accident or intentional,” he said, according to the Hartford Courant.
