Boy, 9, suffers horrific burns in social media microwave challenge

Caleb Chabolla’s swollen face after he put one of his Needoh cubes in the microwave (Picture: Loyola Medecine)

A 9-year-old boy is lucky not to lose his eye after suffering horrific burns taking part in a disturbing new social media trend.

Several children are thought to have been injured like Caleb Chabolla after he filmed himself putting a plastic toy into a microwave for likes on TikTok.

With his mum thinking he was sorting out his own breakfast, he was actually heating up a Needoh cube...