WHITEFIELD, Maine — Officials in Maine say a 20-year-old man was flown by helicopter to a burn treatment center after a campfire flared up and burned his head and arms.
Lynn Talacko, Whitefield’s deputy chief for emergency medical services, said the accident happened about 9:45 p.m. Sunday in a backyard in Whitefield.
Talacko told MaineToday Media that the man, whose identity was not released, suffered first-degree burns.
I hope he will be ok but camp fires just don’t flare up without an accelerant.
Let me quess….. alcohol was involved , and maybe a little gasoline ?
from a firefighters view, theres alot more to this story that hasn’t be reported yet… camp fires just don’t flare up, they’re accelerated. . . what was this young mans Blood alcohol content? praying that this young man has a quick and complete recovery, and hopefully learned his lesson about how dangerous fire can be.
maybe it was a pallet burning, when they catch they really go
doubt it. He was probably drunk.
Errie happended to me in Whitefield 25 years ago I got lit up like a Christmas tree I had gas on my pants and an ember jumped out and poof up I went. Thank God I remembered that Dick Van Dkye commercial stop drop and roll I hope the young man heals quickly
> man … suffered first-degree burns … flown by helicopter to a burn treatment center
Isn’t a first degree burn just a minor irritation – like a sunburn? It hardly seems like a helicopter ride to a hospital would be necessary for that. There must be something more to the story that they left out.
It’s a three sentence story. Yeah, they might have left out a bit of info.