A New Hampshire woman is recovering from severe burns after falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
The identity of the woman, 60, was not released, but NPS said she was walking with her husband and their leashed dog in a thermal area — but they were not walking on a trail. Officials said the woman “broke through a thin crust over scalding water and suffered burns to her leg.”
The woman’s leg received second and third-degree burns, and she and her husband were evaluated at a medical clinic in the park before the woman was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by helicopter for further treatment, the park said.
“Visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution,” the National Park Service said. “The ground in these areas is fragile and thin, and there is scalding water just below the surface.”
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