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Teacher set student ON FIRE in botched school chemistry experiment

A teacher set a student on fire after a bungled chemistry experiment which left the youngster looking like a "victim from a battlefield".

The 16-year old pupil's left ear was said to have "melted" and he suffered third degree burns after the teacher had tried to produce multi-coloured flames by using an explosive substance.

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