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.

A 17-year-old male was hospitalized after he stepped through the crust into thermal water near a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.The teenager was hiking in

A 17-year-old boy visiting Yellowstone National Park was seriously burned after he stepped on a piece of land near a geyser and his foot broke through the ground’s thin crust, causing “significant” injury to his foot and ankle.