Men Burned in U.P. Explosion Continue Recovery
AN UPPER MICHIGAN MAN AND TWO OTHERS FROM DOWNSTATE ARE HOSPITALIZED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT A CAMP FIRE IN DELTA COUNTY’S CORNELL TOWNSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE DELTA COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS IT HAPPENED AT 12:14 SUNDAY MORNING WHEN ‘BAR CHAIN OIL” WAS POURED ON A CAMPFIRE.
THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION, AND THE PERSON WITH THE OIL THREW THE JUG, HITTING FIVE PEOPLE AND CAUSING SERIOUS BURNS.
22 YEAR OLD RANDY LOVELESS OF SKANDIA AND ONE OF THE OTHER MEN ARE IN STABLE CONDITION TONIGHT AT COLUMBIA ST. MARY’S REGIONAL BURN CENTER IN MILWAUKEE.
THE OTHER MAN REQUESTED HIS STATUS NOT BE RELEASED TO THE MEDIA
TWO OTHERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT OSF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL: A 25 YEAR OLD FROM CORNELL AND A GLADSTONE JUVENILE.
DEPUTIES WERE ASSISTED AT THE SCENE BY RAMPART EMS AND MICHIGAN STATE POLICE FROM THE GLADSTONE POST.