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| Boy taken to hospital after suffering severe burns | Boy taken to hospital after suffering severe burns |
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| A seven-year-old boy has been taken to hospital in Aberdeen suffering serious burns. | A seven-year-old boy has been taken to hospital in Aberdeen suffering serious burns. |
| Emergency services were called to flats in the city's Bedford Avenue at about 14:00. | Emergency services were called to flats in the city's Bedford Avenue at about 14:00. |
| It is understood the incident involved petrol and police are following a positive line of enquiry. | It is understood the incident involved petrol and police are following a positive line of enquiry. |
| BBC reporter Steven Duff, who is at the scene, said police have not made clear whether they are treating the incident as a criminal act. | |
| The boy is in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where his condition is described as serious. | The boy is in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where his condition is described as serious. |
| A Police Scotland spokesman said: "A seven-year-old boy is undergoing treatment following an incident in Bedford Avenue in Aberdeen. It was reported to us at 2pm this afternoon. | |
| "The incident involves petrol and the boy has quite serious burns. Police are at the scene and following a positive line of inquiry." |