Burned painter remains hospitalized
Last updated Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:27 PM CST in News
By The Morning News
FAYETTEVILLE -- A 21-year-old painter who was ignited by a flash fire Saturday in Johnson remained at St. John's Regional Hospital Burn Unit in Springfield, Mo., on Sunday, according to a nursing supervisor.
George Dacheco possibly suffered third-degree burns on his forearm and hands and second-degree burns on his face and head in the house fire, said Eddie Davis, Springdale fire investigator.
Dacheco's family members wouldn't allow the hospital to release further information on him, according to a nursing supervisor.
Another painter, burned in the same fire, was taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, but he was then transferred to another hospital, according to a nursing supervisor. She didn't know where he was sent, and fire officials were not releasing his name Sunday.
Johnson fire officials said the 6,000-square-foot house in the Clear Creek subdivision off Arkansas 112 in Johnson ignited in the kitchen area. The two painters injured in the blaze were using lacquer as primer, which is a highly flammable oil-based product.
The fire ignited about 3 p.m. Saturday, according to a fire report. Nobody lived at the house, which was still under construction.
Washington County Fire Marshal John Jenkins said Sunday afternoon the fire investigation is continuing but it will most likely be ruled accidental. The lacquer was probably ignited by an electrical source. Jenkins said he couldn't identify what the source was at this time.
The Springdale Fire Marshal's office was also assisting in the investigation Sunday.
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