Bridgeport Child Burned; 'Exact Cause' Under Investigation: Reports

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A child was burned in Bridgeport over the weekend — and an investigation into the cause is ongoing, multiple news outlets reported.

Officers were dispatched to a report of a child burned on Sunday afternoon, Frank Recchia of News 12 reported. An ambulance brought the child to Bridgeport Hospital's burn unit, WTNH reported, and the TV station said his condition has not been released.

Police said four children were seen "playing with gasoline and lighting objects on fire," according to WTNH, and Recchia reported that Bridgeport Police, Bridgeport Fire and state fire investigation teams are still looking into the cause of the incident.

But Maria Rua, a Bridgeport mom, said her son Dominick "had a ball covered in gasoline then lit on fire thrown at him" by another child.

"My son was lit on fire his leg and face," Rua wrote on Facebook. "Seeing my baby in pain is killing me each and every second."