6-year-old boy gets burned by his GameCube

In Nashville, Tennessee, a 6-year-old boy suffered from burns to twenty percent of his body while playing video games on his GameCube Monday morning. Some neighbors woke up to the screams of Ke-Ke Whitlow, 6, from a second story apartment at around 8:00am in the morning.

[Jdash24]

poor kid

i wish him a speedy recovery

[Relientk77]

yea i hope that kid is ok

[mighty_douche]

pfft... FLAMEcube.

EDIT: >>Ke-Ke<< with a name like this how can we be sure he wasnt trying to top himself?

[THE_JUDGE]

many of the millions of people who bought the GC thought they were going to get good games to play but ended up getting BURNED!

[joydestroy]

wow. electrical fires.
get well soon, kiddo.

[Prismo_Fillusion]

In before someone turns a story about a boy being burned into a flaming post about how much Nintendo products suck.

And also, I'm glad the kid will only have to spend a couple weeks in the hospital.

[squirrelly89]

Poor little buddy....

[Noodlecup]

Not to sound like an ass but how come EVERY time there is an accident with a games console someone from the south is involved?

[Malkier]

"My plug caught on fire"
Doesn't even say it was the gamecube at fault. Poor kid and all, but some fire safty would of been good, unless he had the power cord wrapped around his body while playing....

[PopEmUp]

I think the power plug was cracked or something that cause the electric power to explode which causes the gamecube on fire. But poor kid I hope he'll get better soon

[Zevious]

at the age of 5 (not hurt but the apartment was toast- no pun intended) I hope the kid gets better soon and that he recovers emotionally as well. In my case, it was learning that grease fires and water don't mix. If you're a parent, make sure you have a working all purpose fire extinguisher and that the young ones know how to use it. It pays to be prepared.

[Grim Visage]

looks like ke-ke got burn-burn. gee, looks like nintendo is getting rid of their kiddy image the old-fashioned way!

[Salvadore]

Wow, poor child.

[rmedtx888]

It's sad to hear that. I'm sure there was a problem with the electric outlet.

[caffman]

poor kid

[DeckUKold]

give him a new one would not trust it

[Skerj]

That's messed up man, poor little kid. On a positive note he's probably financially set for life after this.