A 17-year-old hiker is recovering from significant thermal burns after his foot broke through the thin crust near Yellowstone National Park's Lone Star Geyser, close to Old Faithful, on Monday morning.

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.

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY (Gray News) – A teenager suffered “significant thermal burns” at Yellowstone National Park on Monday. According to the National Park Service, the 17-year-old boy “suffered significant thermal burns on his foot and ankle” near Old Faithful while on a hike.