PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. -- A man has been transported to VCU Medical Center via Med Flight after suffering injuries in a trailer fire in Prince George County.
Fire officials say they received a call from a neighbor who spotted flames at the home in the 11100 block of Lawyers Road. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they encountered a man outside the trailer with severe burns.
Brad Owens, Prince George Director of Fire and EMS, said firefighter brought the fire under control in about 35 or 45 minutes.
Owens says the cause of the fire is under investigation, but says the victim was cooking when the pan he was cooking with caught on fire.
“He tried to extinguish it with water, which made the fire worse. It caught his clothing on fire, caught the wall on fire,” said Owens. “He managed to get out of the structure, but it was a total lost.”
That victim, described as a male in his 60’s, suffered second and third degree burns to the face and chest area.
No one else was inside the home at the time of the fire.
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