India, Aug. 31 -- A 12-year-old boy in US state of Texas was badly hurt after his TikTok challenge went wrong.

The victim was identified as Caden Ballard.

According to local media reports, Ballard and his brother were scrolling TikTok when they came across a challenge which they wanted to perform.

Ballard told KXAN that they grabbed the materials and thought the experiment went well, until it did not.

"You basically take some rubbing alcohol and you put it into a bottle, and then you light it on fire, and the fire shoots up the bottle. I did that. My brother and I did that, and it was cool," Ballard told the news channel.

"It looked like the fire had gone out. So, my brother grabbed and said, 'Here, throw it away.' So, I grabbed it t...