Woman’s Day Australia – August 26, 2019

Words: Natalee Fuhrmann. Pictures: Catch A Glimpse Photography.

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WD 41

She was just

14 and enjoying a day

at a park with two friends

when she bumped into

her former boyfriend and

his mate, who were

messing around with

a lit ice-cream container

filled with petrol.

MONTHS IN HOSPITAL

When one of them kicked it

towards her, the flames engulfed

Bianca, turning her into a

human fireball.

“I was so traumatised when

I realised I was on fire that I ran

and crashed straight through

the wooden boundary fence of

the park into the backyard of

someone’s house,” she says.

“My right side and back

were the worst hit, particularly

my right arm, which I had

trouble looking at for a long

time afterwards.

“I had burns to 65 per cent of

my body and lay in an induced

coma for three of my five

months in hospital.”

As Bianca underwent

13 operations, she despaired

of ever leading a regular life,

confessing to her mum that

she feared she would never

have a “normal life with

marriage and children”.

“Nobody will ever love me

with scars like these,” she told

her mum, before turning to

tattoos to try to camouflage

her scars.

“I was a very angry person for

a long time, but I’m truly happy

now,” she says, revealing that

she and Troy hope to have a

child if her scarred stomach will

stretch enough to carry a baby.

“Troy is the love of my life

and I put my happiness down

to him. He gives me flowers and

writes me love notes telling me

how much I mean to him –

things that no one has been

able to do for me before.

“Many burns survivors think

that no one will ever love them.

I hope my story gives them hope

that anything’s possible.”

“I felt truly

loved for the

first time in

my life,”

says Bianca.

‘I hope my story

gives them hope

that anything’s

possible’