Mum milk kills blaze.Byline: By LIZ LIZ ElizabethLIZ Lisette LIZ Leather Institute of Zimbabwe HODGSO A NURSING mother used breast milk to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. a disabled man after yobs set his wheelchair on fire. Her prompt action saved veteran Francis Abrams, 57, who lost his left leg in Vietnam, from becoming a human torch on a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of bus. Abrams said three teenagers used a cigarette lighter to set fire to a plastic bag hanging from the back of his motor- powered chair. He said: ''They thought it was a joke.'' The fire quickly burned the bag and spread to his jacket. He screamed ''Water'' and the new mother, who was not named, poured a freshly-pumped bottle of breast milk over his back while her friend added a bottle of water. Abrams said: ''I told her 'thank you'." He added that he did not mind the unusual fire extinguisher. Three 15-year-old boys face arson charges. |
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