Vic boy burned after playing with petrol A MELBOURNE boy has been hospitalised with burns after playing with a lighter and petrol. The boy and a friend, believed to be aged about 11, were dropping burning pieces of cardboard into small petrol containers in the kitchen of a home at Bellfield, in the city's north. A fire erupted, and the boy suffered burns to his head, arms and lower torso. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade said the fire was quickly extinguished.