A 23-year-old woman has been charged with burning and maiming a man with corrosive fluids in southern New South Wales.

Jake Loader, 23, remains in an induced coma with life-threatening burns after he was found at a home in Howlong, near Albury, on January 7. 

He was taken to Albury hospital before being flown to the Prince Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. 

Police later arrested a woman travelling towards Albury on the Riverina Highway following a public appeal for information.

She has been granted conditional bail and will face Albury Local Court next month. 

Community responds

Mr Loader’s friends have established a GoFundMe page to raise funds for what they expect will be a long recovery.

“Jake was airlifted to Melbourne at Sunday lunchtime and has remained in a critical condition,” the post on the fundraising page read. 

“Jake is currently on a ventilator, however has been responding.

“He has third-degree burns that will require multiple surgeries and skin grafts over the coming weeks and months.”

To date, the fundraiser has raised $36 000 of its $10,000 goal.