Thursday, September 09, 2010
Forestry Firefighter Injured
KENTUCKY...
A firefighter has been hurt battling a wildfire in western Kentucky.
The Kentucky Division of Forestry says Don Lam was struck Tuesday morning by a log that broke loose and rolled off a bluff in Livingston County. He was knocked unconscious and suffered second-degree burns.
Lam, a forest ranger technician, and other workers are fighting a 12-acre wildfire in the county. He was in serious condition after being airlifted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
The Division of Forestry says the fire spread from a burning debris pile at a construction site.
Livingston County has had a burn ban in effect intermittently since Aug. 9. Forestry officials are investigating whether the ban was in effect when the wildfire began.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:35 AM 
