WESTHAMPTON - A man with second- and third-degree burns on his legs was rushed by helicopter to Worcester Medical Center Friday after reportedly falling into a fire at a local campground, a fire official said.
According to Westhampton Fire Captain Bill Jablonski, at about 3:30 p.m., a Northampton Fire Department ambulance responded to the Northampton/Springfield KOA campground on South Road for a report that a man had fallen into a fire and suffered severe burns to both of his legs.
After rushing the man into an ambulance, Jablonski said members of the Westhampton and Northampton fire and police departments worked quickly to clear a landing zone in the parking lot of Hampshire Regional High School so an emergency helicopter could transport the victim.
"Our landing zone is typically at the high school," Jablonski said, "and with the severity of the burns, we had to send him out to Worcester."
Jablonski declined to name the victim and his condition was unknown Friday night.
- OWEN BOSS
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