3-year-old suffers burns from firepit at Windsor Locks home

Connecticut girl, 3, burned by tabletop fire pit

A 3-year-old Connecticut girl suffered first-and-second-degree burns caused by a tabletop fire pit in Windsor Locks. “WLPD learned that the father may have been lighting a small ‘table top fire pit’ and an unexpected gust of wind pushed the fire toward his three year old near the table,” the Windsor Lock Police Department said on Facebook Monday. No one else was reported injured. The investigation is being handled by Windsor Lock firefighters. P…

3-year-old suffers burns from firepit at Windsor Locks home

A 3-year-old girl suffered burns from a firepit at a residence in Windsor Locks over the weekend. Police said they responded to Tracy Circle on Sunday and found the mother holding the little girl, who had burns on her face and arms. The child’s father was visibly upset and trying to keep his daughter calm, police said. He told officers that a gust of wind pushed the fire toward his 3-year-old daughter as they were lighting the pit. Paramedics to…