MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo.– A 17-year-old boy badly burned his foot and ankle during a hike Monday in Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service said the teenager was hiking near the Lone Star Geyser when the thin crust underfoot broke and his foot stepped into scalding-hot waters, leaving him significantly burned.

A 17-year-old hiker was burned after his foot broke through the thin crust in a thermal area near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, officials said. A 17-year-old hiker burned his foot and ankle while hiking in a thermal area near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, officials said.

A 17-year-old was taken to a hospital after burning his foot in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park earlier this week.