Man wearing flipflops burned trying to put out fire
April 22, 2007 2:21PM
A Frankford Township man who accidentally started a small brush fire in his backyard this afternoon and then tried to stomp it out while wearing flipflops was taken to a nearby hospital with burns on his feet, a fire official said.
The unidentified man, who is in his 20s, had lit an old Christmas tree on fire around noon, said firefighter Scott Klosterhoff of the Frankford Fire Department in Sussex County.
Flames jumped to nearby trees at the Clymiss Road home, burning an area approximately 100 feet by 100 feet, Klosterhoff said.
The fire was brought under control about 15 minutes later with the help of two neighboring departments.
The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with minor burns. It was unclear why he was burning the tree.
