We heard from a man recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Meanwhile,“I was watching my skin drip off,” Justin Knutsen said. “My skin was melting.”
The hospital said Knutsen and his wife and children had minutes to escape their home in Elk. After his family left, Knutsen decided to go check on two neighbors but his truck failed from the intense heat. “I had no power in my truck, I had no gas, I had no brakes, I had no steering, I couldn’t do anything,” said Knutsen. “I said to myself I can’t sit in this truck so I hopped out and started running. As I was running I couldn’t really open my eyes because of the heat so I just remember looking down and making sure I was on pavement still.”“That woman saved me. If it weren’t for her... in five seconds I would’ve been gone,” said Knutsen.
Harborview Medical Center said Justin is in satisfactory condition and is recovering from the burns to about 30% of his body. And he is eager to get home to his family and community.
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