{"id":233706,"date":"2026-03-24T05:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233706\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:31:08","slug":"3-burned-after-teen-tries-to-relight-bbq-in-modesto-fire-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233706\/","title":{"rendered":"3 burned after teen tries to relight BBQ in Modesto, fire officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager was seriously injured and two others were burned in a backyard fire during a family gathering in Modesto on Monday evening, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>It happened shortly before 8 p.m. in the 300 block of North Madison Street.<\/p>\n<p>Modesto Fire said the teenager was attempting to re-light a barbecue using a flammable liquid when the fire suddenly flashed, igniting and causing significant burns. Officials said the teen suffered second-degree burns to just under 50% of their body.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews, including an advanced life support ambulance and two paramedic firefighters, responded to the scene and began treatment. Officials said a medical helicopter airlifted the teen to a burn center for further care.<\/p>\n<p>Two other adults were also burned during the incident, though the extent of their injuries was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager was seriously injured and two others were burned in a backyard fire during a family gathering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15563,121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-233706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-modesto-news","9":"tag-sacramento","10":"tag-sacramento-headlines","11":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}