BRUNSWICK — Firefighters say a disabled man was severely burned while trying to put a log in his woodstove to keep warm.
Officials say Thomas Soucy’s pants caught fire Friday afternoon and the fire spread to much of his body and his wheelchair. He called for help using Lifeline, an emergency call service.
Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant told the Portland Press Herald that Soucy was “very severely burned on the lower half of his body.”
Firefighters doused the flames, and the 62-year-old Soucy was flown via LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Officials say the injuries are severe enough that he might be transferred to Boston.
Maine is dealing with the coldest weather so far this season. The temperature dipped below zero early Friday and remained in single digits.
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