Alcohol based hand sanitizer is believed to be the cause of a fire that burned 11-year-old Ireland Lane over 18% of her body on February 2.

A combination of the sanitizer, olive oil and static electricity caused the fire. The girl was making an art project for one of her nurses. She used the hand sanitizer to clean up when her hospital gown suddenly burst into flames.

The girl ran out of her room, nurses were able to put the fire out and the girl was transferred to the burn unit where she remains in serious condition.

According to Fox News "The hospital says their immediate investigation turned up no clear cause. Administrators say there was no access to an open flame in her room that could have ignited the hand sanitizer, a product which is typically made up of more than 60-percent alcohol."

Dvice.com a science and tech website explains how the hand sanitizer could have caused a fire.

"Think of this fire much like you would the warnings you see about static electricity at the gas station. While fires are rare, static electricity can cause a blaze."

Another factor that may have helped the fire to catch was the use of olive oil. Hospitals use olive oil to clean the glue off of patients left behind by the sticky tabs they place on patients to monitor them during various tests.

Ireland Lane had recently had an EEG done and nurses would have used the oil to clean her up.

While fires from static electricity are extremely rare Dvice.com suggests "it's safe to say avoid anything that might give off static electricity when you are cleaning those hands. It's like that doorknob in Office Space... it you know it's going to shock you it's probably better to stay away from it after using the hand sanitizer."