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A man suffered serious burns when his improvised dwelling in a wooded area of Fort Dodge caught fire early Wednesday morning.
”He was lucky to escape out of there,” Fire Chief Steve Hergenreter said.
The man was initially treated at UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center. He was then taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Hergenreter said he was suffering from very serious burns on his upper body.
He said the man had been living in a ”tent-like structure” made of wood and other materials that was in the woods between Mason Memorial Drive and Kenyon Road. The man had a campfire burning and the flames spread to that structure while he was inside, according to Hergenreter.