His friend played with fire, he pays His friend played with fire, he pays ByBellie ThomasBellie Thomas / Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 06:00 IST . Family of 16-year-old receives no help from parents of boy, whose prank put him in the burns ward It has been months after Diwali, but the family of a teenager is still bristling with the pain that the festival of lights turned out to be for them. As their son battles with second-degree burn injuries, the family of the boy who had caused the burns has turned their appeals for help away. The boy, Shravan, suffered burn injuries when his friend’s ‘fire-breathing antic’ went awry. He had second-degree burn injuries in his right hand, upper torso, and legs.