TOLLESON, AZ -- Charges have been filed against a father who allegedly allowed four children to throw spray paint cans into a fire Monday night.
Cody Hutchens, 32, faces four counts of endangerment, two counts of child abuse, and aggravated assault charges.
"When it blew up, I just blacked out," said 12-year-old Joshanae Davis after being burned. "I couldn't see nothing, I couldn't hear nothing, I just fell down."
Phoenix Police Department Spokesperson Trent Crump said officers were called to the home near 83rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road just before 9 p.m.
Crump said the children, ages 4, 7, 8 and 12 years old, were spraying and throwing aerosol paint cans into a backyard fire when they were burned.
According to a police report, Hutchens set seven fires in the backyard and was spraying paint from cans into the fire and allowing the children to do the same.
"How could they be playing in fire?" Davis's mother, Tinecaa said. "He could have killed them out there, running around that fire."
Eventually, one of the children threw a paint can into the fire and it exploded, injuring three of the children and Hutchens.
Hutchens reportedly told police he did not call for medical help because he didn't believe the children were injured enough.
Two children were transported to Maricopa Medical Center with burns to their faces and upper bodies, according to officials.
Hutchens is the father of the 4-year-old and 7-year-old who were injured, officials said. The other children live nearby.
Authorities said Hutchens was intoxicated at the time.
