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Red Deer Advocate THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015
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‘He was on fire’ RIMBEY TEEN SUFFERS THIRD-DEGREE BURNS AFTER IPHONE BURSTS INTO FLAME BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Rimbey teenager was badly burned after his iPhone 5c caught fire while he was sleeping on Monday. Josh Schultz, 16, went to bed around 10:30 p.m. in his basement bedroom when he woke up screaming around midnight. “He was on fire,” said Carol Schultz, his mother, “He woke up because he was in pain and his bed was fire.” Schultz said her son plugged his cellphone into the wall and placed it on the night stand beside his bed. He suffered third-degree burns on his right leg and right hand and burns to other parts of his body. The teenager’s screams alerted the rest of the family. “We found his bed on fire and the flames going up the wall,” said Schultz. “We called 911. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried to put it out while my husband was dousing the mattress with water.” Schultz said they got the fire under control while she evacuated the house with her three other children and dog. She said her family is still very shaken and her son does not want to sleep. The family is staying in a hotel while the house is being repaired.
‘IT SOUNDS BAD BUT IT’S A GOOD THING HE WAS BURNED BECAUSE IF HE HAD NOT BEEN BURNT HE WOULD HAVE DIED FROM THE SMOKE INHALATION. THE FLAMES WERE GOING UP THE WALL TO HIS TWO LITTLE BROTHERS’ BEDROOM.’ — CAROL SCHULTZ MOTHER
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Josh Schultz, 16, suffered third-degree burns on his right leg, right hand and other parts of his body when his iPhone 5c caught fire. Carol Schultz said her son had not experienced any problems with his phone (inset), which he had owned for about a year. “It sounds bad but it’s a good thing he was burned because if he had not been burnt he would have died from the smoke inhalation,” said Schultz.
“The flames were going up the wall to his two little brothers’ bedroom.” Schultz said her son has not had any problems with his iPhone which he
has had for about a year. The charging cord was in good shape too.
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Wildfire hazard in the red in Rocky forest area When Barry Shellian first saw the wildfire in the distance just west of Nordegg on Tuesday, he realized by the colour of the smoke just how dry it is in the West Country right now. The wildfire ranger, who was the first responder, saw black smoke instead of the often white smoke from forest fires. Black smoke can indicate one of two things: either something human-made is burning, such as vehicle tires, or it’s a really dry forest fuel that’s burning very hot and quickly. It was the latter.
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The wildfire near Nordegg on Tuesday, fueled by dry grass, moved quite quickly through spruce trees along Hwy 11.
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As he arrived, calling first for help to fight the wildfire that occurred about 2 p.m. adjacent to Hwy 11, “Immediately I saw the fire sweep through, and start channeling and going up the trees.” Conditions were sunny and quite windy. “Wind is what really drives fire that makes matters harder,” said Shellian. “I did see very aggressive fire behaviour.” He said it reminded him that even though it is turning green now, there’s a lot of dry grass out there. “Unwanted wildfires can be catastrophic because they’re the ones that threaten communities,” he said.
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