From BillyG at the Secret List:
A 28-year-old southwest Idaho Firefighter has been flown to Seattle with severe burns he suffered operating at a wildfire in Alaska. FF Todd Warner was transported to Fairbanks with second- and third-degree burns last night after a gasoline explosion around 1900 Hours.
This morning, he was sent to Harbor View Hospital in Seattle to be treated for burns. FF Warner received those burns on his hands, arms and face with the initial indications were that he had about 20 percent burns to his body.
FF Warner is a member of the 20-person Idaho City Hotshot crew that left for Alaska Wednesday morning with a 737 jet load of Firefighters to help with the growing number of fires. Initial indications were that FF Warner and a few other Firefighters were working with a water pump, which may have been drafting water, when the accident took place…and he was burned by either a flash fire or an explosion that was fueled by gasoline. The others in the area did not report injuries.
FF Warner is a veteran FF who has been with the Idaho hotshots crew for several years…his wife was on the way to Seattle to be with him. We wish him a rapid recovery.
