12-Year-Old Almost Kills Herself With "Fire Challenge"

A 12-year-old girl is recovering from severe burns after attempting the viral "fire challenge" popular on YouTube and social media.

Timiyah Landers of Detroit poured rubbing alcohol on herself and the lit it on fire, according to Fox 2 Detroit. She was rushed to the hospital, where she will require multiple surgeries after suffering burns on 49 percent of her body, the report said.

Brandi Owens, Landers' mother, told Fox 2 that she had made pancakes for Timiyah and two friends and taken a short nap. She woke up to the sound of an explosion and saw her daughter running down the hall, on fire. Owens' fiance rushed Timiyah to the bathtub and sprayed her down with water, according to Fox 2.

Owens said in a statement for an online fundraiser for Timiyah that the incident "has shocked and shaken our entire family to the core."