Libby man suffers burns after throwing gas on fire
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
April 19, 2013
17-year old Zack Browning, of Libby, is reportedly fighting for his life at Harborview (Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington). Over 75% of his body was burned, including his throat and lungs after breathing fire from a gas can that exploded in his hand.
The incident occurred about 8:20pm Wednesday (April 17, 2013). Browning and his girlfriend reportedly were watching a fire at 755 Farm to Market Road, when Browning decided to throw gasoline on the fire. He was airlifted by fixed wing Alert to Seattle Wednesday evening sometime after 10pm.
Duane Williams with KLCB-KTNY Radio has been in contact with a family member for an update on Zack: He is stable and on a ventilator until his first surgery (Friday, April 19) this morning. Hope to take the tube out then if things go well. The surgery is for getting the dead and burned skin off his body. He is coping well with the times the meds wear off. His family and Mom, Carrie, want to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers for Zack, and really appreciate all the support from everyone. It means the world. They are trying to relate all the "Hi"s and prayers from everyone to him as much as they can but he is still very fuzzy thinking right now.
"Thank the community for us that is sending prayers and thoughts our way and all the generosity that has been given since we have been gone... I have only heard of things that people are doing for our family but I still want every single person to know that we are very grateful for all... thank you very much, Jimmy and Carrie."
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By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net, www.klcb-ktny.com.
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