BBQ MISHAP BURNS GAMBLEWOOD MAN

(Near KINGSTON, Kitsap County) -- A 32 year-old Gamblewood man suffered burns this evening when the propane barbecue he was lighting flashed in his face.

North Kitsap Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a home on Frodeson Circle shortly after 5:00pm.  Because facial burns have the potential to compromise a patient's ability to breathe if the patient's air passages are singed, firefighters initially requested an Airlift Northwest helicopter.  Poulsbo Fire Department medics, responding to the call in place of the NKF&R medic unit that was already engaged on another incident, determined that the man's injuries probably weren't critical.  He was transported by aid unit to Bremerton's Harrison Memorial Hospital.