Teenage boy critical with severe burns after fire at Carnes Hill

A teenage boy has been left in a critical condition with severe burns after an explosion in a southwest Sydney home. Here is what we know.

Paramedics transported the teenage boy to Concord Hospital on Sunday night. Picture: Google Maps

A teenage boy is in a critical but stable condition after reports of an explosion leaving him with severe burns in Sydney’s southwest.

Emergency services arrived at a home just after 7pm to find a teen suffering severe burns on Laurieton Rd, Carnes Hill.

Paramedics treated the teen at the scene for his injuries before transporting him with a medical team on board in a critical but stable condition to Concord Hospital.

Emergency services were called to Laurieton Rd, Carnes Hill to treat a severely burned teenage boy about 7pm on Sunday April 28. Picture: Google Maps

NSW Fire Rescue were also called to attend the Carnes Hill home but found the fire had already been extinguished, and assisted police in establishing a crime scene.

Police said their initial inquiries into the incident do not indicate any suspicious circumstances and have deemed the incident accidental.