Southwestern Minnesota communities looking to support 3 friends recovering from severe burns in bonfire accident
Three close friends are recovering in the Hennepin County Medical Center burn unit after sustaining extensive burns when a flammable liquid was poured on a bonfire on April 11. Efforts are underway to help the three and their families with the expenses ahead.
12:51 pm, Apr. 18, 2021
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MINNEAPOLIS — They’re often called the “three amigos” or the “three musketeers.”
Today, the three graduates of Lakeview High School in Cottonwood are in the Hennepin County Medical Center burn unit, where they’re separated by walls but not by spirit.
Cole Busack, 20, of Echo, Brody Bloch, 18, of Wood Lake, and Lane Louwagie, 20, of Echo, are recovering from extensive burns they suffered while gathered around a bonfire with other friends in rural Granite Falls in the early morning hours of April 11. A flammable liquid had been poured on the fire and injured the three as well as two others who needed to be transported for medical care.