The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted a man to hospital after he suffered burns while trying to contain a fire in the North Burnett region.
The rescue chopper was tasked to airlift him from a local hospital shortly before 2pm (Saturday 28th October).
It’s believed the man, aged in his fifties, had been using a grader to help clear a fire break on a neighbour’s property, when the flames came too close and he was injured.
He suffered burns to his upper body and face and was taken from the scene by the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS).
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue aeromedical crew stablised the patient before he was flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition.
