Sebastian Reynoso was getting ready to make s’mores with his uncle and cousins on Oct. 4 when the tabletop fire pit the family was using inside a Morgan Hill home exploded into flame.

The flames rushed from between the two glass walls of the fire pit and hit the 3-year-old boy on his face, neck and arms, leaving second- and third-degree burns over about 15 percent of his body.

Sebastian has now spent more than a month in a hospital, receiving skin grafts for his burns and surgeries to treat a swollen and narrowed airway, his father, Omar Reynoso, said in an interview this week. Sebastian has a long road to recovery ahead of him, including more surgeries, rehabilitation and laser treatments to help mitigate the burn scars.

“His future is kind of unknown,” Reynoso said. “I don’t wish this

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