A man got third-degree burns walking on blazing hot sand dunes in Death Valley, rangers say
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Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Rangers at California’s Death Valley National Park say a European visitor got third-degree burns on his feet while briefly walking barefoot on blazing hot sand dunes at the park.
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A man was hospitalized after burning his feet on sand dunes at Death Valley National Park over the weekend amid scorching temperatures that reached up to 123 degrees.
The Death Valley tourist burned his feet walking barefoot on the popular Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, where temperatures exceeded 123 degrees F, park rangers said.
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Rangers at California’s Death Valley National Park say a European visitor got third-degree burns on his feet while briefly walking barefoot on blazing hot sand dunes at the park.
The 42-year-old Belgium national was rushed to the hospital after walking barefoot on the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes while temperatures were around 123 degrees on Saturday, the National Park Service said.
By Shania Baweja, Dalia Faheid and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — A 42-year-old Belgian tourist was hospitalized after suffering third-degree burns on his feet Saturday while walking in sand dunes in California’s portion of Death Valley National Park as temperatures soared above 120 degrees, accord…
The National Park Service (NPS) said in a press release that park rangers rescued a 42-year-old man from Belgium who had been taking a 'short walk' in flip-flops when he lost his shoes and suffered 'full-thickness burns on his feet' in Death Valley’s Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes on Saturday, July 20.
The man lost his shoes as he was taking a short walk in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, where the air temperature was 123 degrees and the ground temperature “would have been much hotter,” according to the National Park Service.
