Baby screaming in hospital after fire extinguisher attack

A five-month-old baby was one of two injured when two people riding e-scooters pulled up alongside a car and discharged a fire extinguisher into it. SEE THE VIDEO

A Sunshine Coast mum has described her baby screaming in hospital after she was hit by white powder and gas from a fire extinguisher during a seemingly random roadside attack.

Tiffani Teasdale’s five-month-old daughter, Pixie, was in the back seat of their car – driven by Ms Teasdale’s partner – as it waited at traffic lights on High Street in Sippy Downs at around 7:45pm on Sunday evening.

Two people on an e-bike pulled up next to the car before spraying a fire extinguisher inside the vehicle through an open window and fleeing the scene, injuring her partner and the baby.

“The car just filled up with gas and white powder straight away,” Ms Teasdale told the ABC.

“[Pixie] was completely covered in white powder and just looked like she was in shock, she wasn’t even crying,” she said.

“We were in hospital until very early morning and they had to put 100 millilitres of saline solution into her eyes.”

“I’ve never heard her scream like that before, I actually had to leave the room.

Sunshine Coast baby Pixie was taken to hospital after being sprayed by a fire extinguisher in her car seat.

“The doctors had to hold her down for me because it was the most horrible thing I’ve ever heard … no one should have to go through that.”

Pixie was discharged on Monday morning, with Ms Teasdale instructed to monitor her condition.

“She’s quite red in the face, her eyes are still a bit swollen.”

“She’s a little bit wheezy but I think she should be fine.”

Ms Teasdale described the attack as horrific.

Pixie was taken to hospital after being sprayed by a fire extinguisher in her car seat from two people on an e-bike. Photo: Supplied

“I’m all for teenagers going out and having fun, but not at the expense of other people’s lives,” she said.

“I want to see the police really take action about this.”

The fire extinguisher blanketed the car in a thick film, destroying the Pixie’s pram, toys and nappy bag.

Ms Teasdale uploaded a social media post about the incident, begging people to “do better”.

“I hope who ever has done this sees this posts and realises there will be consequences for your actions,” she wrote.

“A five second dopamine rush is not worth someone’s life. I could only imagine If this had been someone with respiratory issues.”

After seeing Ms Teasdale’s post, a local detailing business offered to clean the family’s car for free.

A fire extinguisher was found by police on nearby Stringybark Rd shortly after the alleged attack was reported.

Police are urging anyone who was in the area between 7.30pm and 8.20pm on Sunday who may have relevant information, CCTV or dashcam vision to come forward.

Originally published as Baby screaming in hospital after fire extinguisher attack