Firefighter injured with severe burns from California wildfire released from hospital
February 18, 2021 / 12:11 AM / CBS News
A Southern California firefighter who suffered critical burns while battling the Silverado Fire in October was released from the hospital Wednesday, CBS Los Angeles reports.
Dylan Van Iwaarden, 26, was one of two firefighters injured on the job. The Orange County Fire Authority firefighter was discharged Wednesday afternoon to the rehabilitation unit at UC Irvine Medical Center.
He has spent 114 days at the Orange County Burn Center in Santa Ana and underwent 17 surgeries, OCFA said. At one point he was in a medically induced coma.
As the 26-year-old was pushed on a gurney along the sidewalk in front of the OC Burn Center at Santa Ana s Orange County Global Medical Center, dozens of members of his department, doctors, nurses, family and friends clapped and cheered.
After nearly four months in the hospital, paramedics wheeled out OCFA Firefighter Dylan Van Iwaarden to a line of doctors, nurses and fellow firefighters who gave the hero a proper send-off.
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Firefighter burned in Silverado Fire released from hospital
After his release, Dylan Van Iwaarden will undergo rehabilitation at the University of California Irvine Medical Center.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) An Orange County Fire Authority firefighter who was severely burned in the Silverado Fire back in October was released from the hospital Wednesday.
Dylan Van Iwaarden was placed in a medically-induced coma, spent 114 days in the burn unit and underwent 17 surgeries after he suffered burns to over 65% of his body.
He is set to undergo rehabilitation at the University of California Irvine Medical Center.
A crew of eight, including Van Iwaarden, was setting backfires to burn up fuel and create a buffer against the advancing flames when a second fire ignited below them. The crew was overrun and had no time to deploy portable fire shelters.
A Southern California firefighter who suffered critical burns in October and spent months in recovery was wheeled out of the hospital Wednesday to raucous applause.