Heatwave: Toddler Left With Horrific Burns After Scorching Playground Ramp Reached 51C

Britain’s heatwave claimed another victim after a one-year-old was left with horrific burns from a metal playground ramp.

Eva Carrington was rushed to hospital after her hands literally started melting when she put them on a metal ramp that had hit a scorching 51C during this week’s heatwave.

Warning - Lucy Brown wants the council to put signs up warning of the heat

The tot’s mum Lucy Brown, 33, is calling for warning signs to be put in place at the park in Dordon, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, which is owned by North Warwickshire Borough Council.

Eva was playing with three-year-old sister Sophie at the park on Monday (July 18) as temperatures soared to 28C (82.4F).

Lucy said: “Suddenly she squealed, she was on all fours and when I lifted her up, her hands were all blistered and the skin was coming away.”

Melting - Eva’s hands blistered as soon as she touched the ramp

She rushed Eva to a nearby GP’s surgery, who put the one-year-old’s hands in water and gave her morphine, while calling an ambulance that took her to the burns unit at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. There her hands were bandaged and she was given more pain relief.

"I hadn’t even realised that the skate ramp was metal. I had presumed that it was coated in rubber,” said Lucy.

"It’s not a slide but I have seen two-year-olds go on it on their little scooters and trikes, it doesn’t bear thinking about what could happen if they fell over and landed on it.

Burns - the tot was rushed to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for treatment

She added: "Sophie was riding her bike so if she had fallen off she could have burned her side or either of them could have fallen with their faces against it. It could have been horrific.

"They can’t have tested it in the sun, it was so hot that you could have fried an egg on it. It’s another accident waiting to happen.”

North Warwickshire Borough Council apologised but said the play areas are inspected once every week.

Simon Powell, assistant director for leisure and community development, said: “Whilst sympathising with what has happened, the borough council does take its responsibility towards health and safety very seriously and all of the borough council’s play facilities comply with relevant safety standards.

"Play areas are inspected at least weekly and they are independently inspected every year to ensure that this remains the case.”

He advised anyone using a play area to be vigilant during “extremes of weather”, such as heavy rainfall, snow and ice or during hot periods.

(Pictures: SWNS)