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Incident Information:
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Location:
California -
Date:
07/28/1980 -
Incident Type:
Entrapment -
Description:
On Monday, July 28, 1980, California Department of Forestry Firefighters Steve Weston and Perry Vlahos were burned when their engine was caught in a blow-up situation. Both firefighters received second degree burns and Weston received some third degree burns.
Equipment, Initial Attack, Burn Injury, Entrapment
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