[Geysers] Fw: (News Release) Young Boy Burned Near Old Faithful

[Lee_Whittlesey at nps.gov]

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(See attached file: 31-Utah Boy Burned.pdf)

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2006     06-31
Nash or Vallie (307) 344-2010 or 344-2012

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
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YOUNG BOY BURNED NEAR OLD FAITHFUL

A young boy from Utah was burned Saturday evening after falling into water
from a recently erupted geyser in Yellowstone National Park.

The six year old is from South Jordan, Utah.  The boy, his parents, and two
older siblings had entered the park earlier in the day, pitched camp at
Madison Campground, and then traveled to the Old Faithful area.

The family had just watched an eruption of Grand Geyser around 6:00 p.m.
The boy was playing and walking along on the wet boardwalk when he slipped
and fell into hot water runoff from nearby West Triplet Geyser, which had
also recently erupted.

He was pulled from the water after suffering burns to his arms and legs.  A
park ranger was nearby and immediately summoned Old Faithful rangers who
responded to the scene with an ambulance and paramedic.  The boy was taken
to the Old Faithful Clinic where his condition was stabilized.  He was then
transported by ambulance to the West Yellowstone, Montana airport and flown
by fixed wing air ambulance to the Burn Center at the University of Utah
Hospital in Salt Lake City.  His current condition is unavailable.

The Utah boy is the first person to receive severe thermal burns this
summer in Yellowstone National Park. Visitors are reminded to stay on
boardwalks and designated trails and exercise caution as many thermal
features are near or above boiling temperatures.

It is National Park Service policy not to release names of juvenile
accident victims.

-www.nps.gov/yell -

Producers/Editors note:  A stock digital image of Grand Geyser erupting can
be downloaded at
http://www.nps.gov/yell/slidefile/thermalfeatures/geysers/upper/Images/10100.jpg
.  NPS Photo by Frank Walker (1978).
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