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Location:
California -
Date:
07/25/2024 -
Incident Type:
Burn Injury -
Description:
An engine crewmember experienced an ash pit burn to their legs on the Apache Fire, Los Padres National Forest, California. The burns were initially thought to be first degree/superficial burns. The following day, the firefighter was sent to a level 1 trauma center and then a burn center. Eventually, the diagnosis was some second degree/partial thickness burns, with third degree/full thickness burns on back of calves. A follow-up appointment at a burn center is set for 8/8/2024.
[This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]
Burn Injury, Engines
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