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Juniper Lake Pile Burning Burn Injury 2023

  • Incident Information:

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    Juniper Lake Pile Burning Burn Injury LLR.pdf (1.64 MB) 1.64 MB

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    12/05/2023

  • Incident Type:

    Burn Injury

  • Keywords:

    Prescribed Fire

    Firing

  • Description:

    On December 5, 2023, a three-person crew was burning machine piles in the remote Juniper Lake area of Lassen National Park in California. One of the ignitors sustained burn injuries to their hands and face when fuel fumes ignited unexpectedly, when adding fuel to a large machine pile. 

    Burn injury, prescribed fire, firing

     

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