A principal and teacher have been reprimanded for a South Florida high school pep rally that ended with a fire-breather accidentally setting himself ablaze.
Local news outlets reported Tuesday that Atlantic High School Principal Tara Dellegrotti-Ocampo and Student Government Association adviser William Durgin have both received verbal reprimands for the March incident.
Doctors say 52-year-old Ricky Charles, who runs a company in Pembroke Pines called Inferno's Challenge Inc., suffered second-degree burns over several parts of his body. He had been performing before hundreds of students in the Delray Beach school's gym.
Dellegrotti-Ocampo said she never knew fire would be part of the $500 performance, which was planned by the school's Student Government Association. Durgin said Charles told him the performance would include a small flame but never mentioned fire breathing.
