A second boy has been charged after an eight-year-old suffered serious burns to a third of his body in a backyard fire in northwest Queensland.
The eight-year-old was playing with two other boys in the yard of an abandoned Mt Isa house on Saturday evening.
Police say he caught on fire when a 10-year-old boy poured petrol onto a burning tyre, causing it to flare up.
He suffered burns to about 35 per cent of his body and was airlifted to Townsville Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
On Sunday, the 10-year-old was charged with offences including wilful damage by fire and negligent acts causing harm.
Police charged a second boy, 11, with trespassing, stealing and wilful damage on Monday.
The pair will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.
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