NSW toddler burnt with hot cooking oil

A NSW toddler has suffered serious burns after grabbing a tea towel that a pot of hot cooking oil was sitting on.

The 16-month-old girl was scalded when the oil poured over her in the kitchen of her Richmond home on Wednesday night.

She was airlifted to The Children's Hospital on Wednesday night, with burns to her face, neck, chest, abdomen and upper legs.

She's in a serious but stable condition.