The 19-year-old Dunedin student who sustained burns to his face and arm during a drunken incident with an aerosol can says he remembers little about what happened.
Speaking from his bed in Dunedin Hospital yesterday, the teenager, who asked not to be named, said he was drinking with friends at a Dundas St flat when an aerosol can exploded.
"We were celebrating the end of exams," he said.
The Otago Polytechnic civil engineering student said he sustained serious burns to the left half of his face and an arm during the incident. He had yet to inform his family about the accident.
He could not recall exactly what had happened.
Despite the incident, the man said he still hoped to go to Queenstown to snowboard but acknowledged his injuries might prevent him.
He could not recall how he got to hospital, but Senior Sergeant Brian Benn, of Dunedin, said the teenager had taken a taxi by the time emergency services arrived at 9.30pm.
The teenager was injured after he allegedly emptied the contents of the aerosol can into a cavity of a couch, which was then ignited.
Snr Sgt Benn said the incident served as a reminder how drunken antics could result in serious injuries, and were a waste of emergency services' time.
"He got himself injured while clowning around."
It was too early to say if charges would be laid, he said.
