Baby girl injured by hot furnace grate

CREATED Mar. 11, 2013

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An 8-month-old girl was rushed to the burn center at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis after she apparently walked across a hot furnace grate at a home.

The incident was reported around 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 1900 block of South Waco. 

The girl was taken to the hospital with first-degree burns to her feet and legs.

The Wichita Police Department is investigating.