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- For those of you who don't know, there is a fire raging in Santa Barbara, CA. I just got news that two people, Lance and Carla, were caught in the fire and were burned badly.
They were flown to Irvine to have their 2nd degree burns treated. Their house burned down and they are currently in critical but stable condition. This husband and wife lost everything. Lance is a student of mine and both are friends of mine. If you would like to donate clothes, material things, monies to help out, I will... (read more) - ลักษณะความเป็นส่วนตัว:
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Tea Fire Survivors: Lance and Karla Hoffman
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- For those of you who don't know, there is a fire raging in Santa Barbara, CA. I just got news that two people, Lance and Carla, were caught in the fire and were burned badly.
They were flown to Irvine to have their 2nd degree burns treated. Their house burned down and they are currently in critical but stable condition. This husband and wife lost everything. Lance is a student of mine and both are friends of mine. If you would like to donate clothes, material things, monies to help out, I will... (read more) - ลักษณะความเป็นส่วนตัว:
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- Severely Burned Couple Fights for Life
By Rob Kuznia, Noozhawk Staff Writer | Posted on 11/16/2008
Grandfather says pair was overtaken by flash fire while trying to flee their East Mountain Drive cottage.
For most families who have endured loss as a result of the Tea Fire, the tragedy has been limited to material damages.
That’s not the case for the family of James Mills, a retired pharmacist in Solvang, whose grandson and granddaughter-in-law suffered major burns in the fire, and are clinging to life at the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center.
Lance Hoffman, a 29-year-old security guard at Paseo Nuevo, and his wife, Carla, a manager at Metro Entertainment on West Anapamu Street, had been renting a small cottage up in the hills on East Mountain Drive.
Mills said the family isn’t sure exactly what happened to the couple, because they have been unconscious under sedation since their rescue.
The incident occurred Thursday evening, shortly after the fast-moving fire broke out on East Mountain and Coyote Road above Montecito’s Cold Spring neighborhood. The couple was apparently running to their car from their cottage when they were overtaken by a flash fire, said Mills, speaking to Noozhawk by phone from his home.
Both Hoffmans were wearing shorts and T-shirts, Mills said, and as a result suffered severe burns on their arms and legs. Lance also has second- and third-degree burns on his head.
Although badly burned, the couple was able to drive themselves to the Montecito fire station. From there, they were transported by ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and later were flown by helicopter to Irvine.
“A lot of times, when people are initially hurt — even gravely hurt — they can still do things that their bodies aren’t up to maintain,” said Mills, a former firefighter.
Mills said doctors at the burn center plan to keep the couple unconscious until the swelling goes down. He said they are connected to a system of tubes leading into their mouths and noses to keep them hydrated, oxygenated and nourished.
Lance’s facial and head burns appear worse than Carla’s, he added. What’s more, doctors are worried that his lungs have been singed by flames.
“I couldn’t keep from crying when I saw him,” Mills said.
The couple has been married for about a year, and met, Mills said, while attending Whittier College.
A graduate of Santa Ynez High School, Lance, who played water polo in high school, is a man of some heft — 6-foot-5, 230 pounds. Mills said he is a “pleasant guy” who, as a kid loved to accompany his woodsman grandfather on backpacking hikes through the foothills.
As a former firefighter, Mills said he had always been nervous about the couple’s decision to live up in the hills.
“People always think the fire happens to other people; as a fireman I saw this all the time,” Mills said. “Fire is an element of climate in California. The chaparral is like fuel. Up there, it’s not a matter of if it’s going to burn, but when.”