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 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.

A 17-year-old tourist suffered “significant thermal burns” while hiking in the Lone Star Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Monday morning.