SEQUIM — A Sequim man has been airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he was burned by an explosion and fire inside a trailer in Sequim on Tuesday afternoon.
The condition of the man, who was not identified because of Clallam County Fire District 3 privacy concerns, was not known late Tuesday afternoon, said Assistant Chief Dan Orr in a news release.
The explosion remains under investigation.
Clallam County Fire District 3 personnel arrived at about 2:24 p.m. to the 18-foot travel trailer in the 800 black of West Henderson Road after a propane explosion was reported.
Firefighters said a man who was inside the trailer when the explosion occurred was suffering from blistering and his skin sloughing off his hands and head.
A flash fire started light fuels inside the trailer and when crews arrived the nearby trees started to burn, Orr said.
The man was taken to a helipad at the Jamestown Family Health Clinic and Airlift Northwest took him to Seattle.
Firefighters extinguished the trailer fire and flames in surrounding vegetation.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, Olympic Ambulance and Clallam County Public Utility District assisted, Orr said.
The estimated loss is $10,000 for the home and the $5,000 for the content, he added.
Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters at the scene of a propane explosion Tuesday afternoon. (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
