{"id":634106,"date":"2026-05-10T04:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634106\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:30:20","slug":"stanley-teen-dies-from-injuries-suffered-in-gas-explosion-finger-lakes-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634106\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered in Gas Explosion \u2013 Finger Lakes Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/local\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local News<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                UPDATE: Stanley Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered in Gas Explosion<\/p>\n<p>                <img width=\"900\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FLDN-Story-Update-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fldn-hero size-fldn-hero wp-post-image\" alt=\"Finger Lakes Daily News graphic displaying &quot;STORY UPDATE&quot; in white and gold text against a dark blue background.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                              <\/p>\n<p>A 15-year-old boy who suffered severe burns in an accident last month in Ontario County has died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ontario County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies responded on April 23 to a home on Little Church Road in Stanley for a report of a teenage male suffering significant burn injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the boy had poured gasoline onto an outdoor fire when the gasoline exploded, causing his clothing and body to catch fire. Authorities said he suffered partial-thickness burns over a majority of his body.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Flight Central transported the teen to the ICU Burn Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, where he remained in critical condition following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said the victim succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also said a 51-year-old woman suffered burns to her arm and foot while attempting to extinguish the flames. She was taken by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The Stanley Fire Department, Hall Fire Department, and Stanley-Hall-Gorham Ambulance assisted at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Following an investigation, authorities determined the fire was accidental and not suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-newsletter-cta__heading\">\n                  Stay Informed:<br \/>\n                  Finger Lakes news, delivered to your inbox every morning.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__subscriber-text\">Our records show you&#8217;re subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Not the case? Sign up here.              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \u203a Local News \u203a UPDATE: Stanley Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered in Gas Explosion A 15-year-old boy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-634106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}