A teenager suffered what officials called “significant thermal burns” after he broke through crust near a geyser at Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service said the incident involving a 17-year-old occurred Monday in the vicinity of Lone Star Geyser near Old Faithful at the famed park in Wyoming.

Officials did not say whether the 17-year-old boy had ventured beyond the boundaries. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The teenager, a 17-year-old boy, was hiking on Monday in the thermal area near the Lone Star Geyser, which is in the same geyser basin as Old Faithful, when his foot broke through the crust, causing “significant thermal burns to his foot and ankle area,” the park service said in a statement.