Mother’s plea after daughter burns feet

A MOTHER has issued a heartfelt plea to summer revellers after her threeyear-old daughter suffered serious burns from walking on what is thought to have been the site of a barbecue or fire.

Jill Shaw described how a trip to play in the sand turned to horror as little Emily was left screaming in pain.

She said she had taken Emily to Granton beach in Edinburgh to play in the sunshine. “We were going to have a barbecue ourselves,” she said.

“We got to the grass you have to walk across to get to the beach. I was taking the bags off the buggy and Emily took her shoes off and ran down onto the beach.

“We saw big log so I said we could go and sit there. Emily ran over to it, but the next thing I knew she was screaming and saying her feet were hot and burning”.

She drove Emily to the Sick Kids hospital where they were given immediate attention.

Now Emily has both feet in bandaged and cannot walk. Jill posted a plea on Facebook for people having barbecues or fires on the beach: “Please, please make sure you put it out right.” Her post was shared more than 600 times within a few hours.