A day playing out his his mates turned into a nightmare for Oliver

A teenager was left with some of the most severe burns doctors had ever seen after a day out playing out with his friends turned into a nightmare. Teenager Oliver Hart was playing with his pals when a container of flammable liquid caught fire, engulfing Oliver in flames and covering him in severe burns across 60 per cent of his body.

He rolled on the ground as his friends tried to stamp out the flames, before jumping into a nearby stream to try and stop the pain. "Jumping into the cold stream seems like the logical thing to do," Emma Burton, Oliver's mother, said. "But it’s actually the worst thing you can do - it meant his wounds were infected and he would be more susceptible to infection throughout his recovery.”

Oliver was rushed to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where he faced 13 hours of surgery. His surgeries would continue for eight months, at one point he was averaging one surgery every other day.

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Oliver, now 15, has astounded doctors at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital with his recovery. “The first six weeks were spent purely on the burns unit as doctors tried to save his life from the infections.

"Whilst he was there, his risk of infection was so high that he was considered one of the poorliest people being kept at the hospital,” Emma added. “There were several times where we were told we were going to lose him, something a parent never wants to hear.

"70 per cent burns is where it becomes unlikely you will survive, which tells you how bad his injuries were. His chest and back were the only parts of his body they could take skin grafts from, everything