FRANKLIN, Maine — Three people suffered burn injuries after an incident Sunday afternoon in Franklin led a 3-year-old boy to become stuck inside a burning vehicle and his parents to become injured while trying to get him out.
The boy's parents tried to remove the boy from the vehicle and reportedly burned themselves in the process, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said Monday in a news release.
The boy's parents were reportedly working at the residence on Hog Bay Road when they discovered the boy was in the vehicle that was on fire and tried to remove him, the release stated. Moss told NEWS CENTER Maine in an email that the boy's father was able to get him out of the vehicle.
Officials with the fire marshal's office responded to the scene at about 3 p.m.
The boy was flown to Mass General for treatment, his father was brought to Maine General, and his mother was treated and released from Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, all three for burn injuries.
As of Tuesday, the boy remains at Mass General in intensive care with injuries considered life-threatening, Moss said in an updated release. The father has been released from Maine General.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Moss said.
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