A TEENAGER was taken to Alder Hey Hospital after an aerosol exploded in a fire in Padgate.
At around 7.10pm last night, Tuesday, firefighters were called to reports of a fire in woodland in Vulcan Close.
The teenage boy was treated by paramedics for burns before being taken to hospital.
Firefighters cordoned the area off and extinguished the small fire using water.
They were at the scene for around three-and-a-half hours with the police.
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