The reporter learned about the dangerous situation. According to the police, a burned-to-death boy named Li was found on a hillside opposite Yuanfen Primary School on Longfeng Third Road in Dalang. He was only 5 years old and from Jiesi, Xishuangbanna. After preliminary investigation by the police, it is suspected that Li played with fire in a pit on the hillside with another child (identity still unknown), which led to a fire. The other child fled the scene while Li was burned to death. Currently, the case is still under further investigation.
According to Mr. Pan, the grandfather of the boy, at around 8 a.m. yesterday, they finally found the neighbor's child who had been playing with Xiao Hong. After repeated questioning, this child took them back to a pit behind an abandoned shop. "This pit is about 1.2 meters deep, 1 meter wide, and 6 meters long. It is said to be used for dumping garbage and contains many cardboard-like things," said Mr. Pan. This child pointed at the pit and said Xiao Hong was inside. When Mr. Pan looked in, he was shocked. There was still smoldering fire and smoke in the pit. "Xiao Hong was lying face down in the pit, his whole body burned to a charred state. His left side was completely destroyed by the fire, with his intestines and bones exposed. It was too scary. I ran out to call the police, and several other neighbors also came out to see, each one pale-faced."
It is understood that the burned-to-death child was named Li Wei Hong, 5 years old. His mother, Ms. Pan, worked as a cook in a farm household, and his father worked in Shanghai, China. He also has an older brother studying in their hometown. Since Xiao Hong was not yet school-aged, he was brought along by his mother. From Ms. Pan, it was learned that Xiao Hong went missing on the afternoon of the 5th.
At the scene, the boy's mother had fainted from crying. The reporter found the boy's maternal uncle, Mr. Pan, who recounted the incident.
"Shortly after dinner at around 6:00 p.m. on the 5th, he asked for a yuan, and then went out to play with the neighbor's child. But after a long time, he didn't come back. We searched the places where Xiao Hong often played but couldn't find any trace of him. Then, the whole family went out to search until past 11:00 p.m., but still found nothing. We even questioned the neighbor's child who went out to play with Xiao Hong, but he looked nervous, as if he knew something, but refused to speak." Mr. Pan said that relatives continued searching for another day without any news.
The incident occurred on a hillside opposite Yuanfen Primary School on Longfeng Third Road in Dalang, with an abandoned shop at the top, with a large "rent" sign on the wall.
The police are still investigating the case.
A boy was burned to death outside the abandoned shop.
Rescue personnel later found the body of a child burned to a charred state in a pit behind the abandoned shop, placed under a cold mat prepared late at night. The reporter saw that the child's entire body was unrecognizable due to severe burning.