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Summit Trail Fire Drip Torch Burn Injury 2021

  • Incident Information:

    Summit Trail Fire Drip Torch Burn Injury RLS.pdf

  • Location:

    Washington

  • Date:

    09/02/2021

  • Incident Type:

    Burn Injury

  • Description:

    A firefighter was using a drip torch during a firing operation on Division G on the Summit Trail Fire in Washington. While burning with the drip torch in his right hand, his Nomex pants caught fire. The firefighter believes that the drip torch’s vent must have been leaking fuel onto his pants as he was walking and, eventually, this fuel on his pants combusted.

    Burn Injury, Firing, RLS

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