Boy, 6, has his face burnt off in China

A CHINESE boy lives behind a mask of scar tissue - after a fire burned his face off.

Wang Xiaopeng has an almost featureless face after the horrific accident two years ago.

The six-year-old set himself on fire while lighting a pile of corn straw with a cigarette lighter - and the terrifying blaze quickly got out of control.

Wang, from Yinchuan in China's Ningxia Province, has been without hair, lips, eyelids and fingers after the horrific accident.          Full Read