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.
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.
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