Dominic Crankal was playing in his yard in Bridgeport on Sunday when he was bullied by an 8-year-old boy who snatched gasoline and a lighter from the shed before convincing the child to come near him, according to NBC New York. “As soon as he came down the stairs, the bully shouted his name and dragged him into the corner,” the boy’s sister, Kayla Deegan, told the report. “In a few seconds he turned the corner screaming, saying: ‘Mom, they set me on fire! They lit a fire for me! “ Kayla said the sadistic act was intentional and the neighbor had intimidated her brother in the past. “All he did was throw gasoline on a tennis ball, pick up a lighter, light it and just throw it in my brother’s face – and then he ran away from him and saw him burning,” he said. “Two months ago, under the supervision of the bully’s mother, he was pushed against a wall and fell to the floor. “Again, the mother refuses to admit that her child did.” Dominick Krankall suffered severe burns after a neighbor allegedly threw a tennis ball dipped in gasoline and lit a fire in the boy’s face. GoFundMeDominick had been bullied by a neighbor for weeks before the attack, according to his sister. GoFundMeDominick was rushed to the burn ward at Bridgeport Hospital where he was recovering. GoFundMe Dominic was rushed to the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital where he is recovering. The family started a GoFundMe to help the child recover. They have received $ 162,000 in donations since Wednesday night.
