Logan Miles, a 7-year-old Littleton boy who accidentally ignited a condominium fire while playing with a lighter, is being treated in a California hospital today for burns on 80 percent of his body.
“He’s in for quite a fight to get through this,” said Micki Trost, spokeswoman for West Metro Fire Rescue. “He has life-threatening injuries.”
Logan was flown to Shriner’s Hospital in California last night for treatment for second- and third-degree burns, she said.
Logan and his mother, Jill, were transported by ambulance to Swedish Medical Center, and then he was helicoptered to Children’s Hospital in Aurora, which sent him to California.
The Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, located in Sacramento, specializes in pediatric burn cases.
The hospital treated several children severely burned in a Mexican daycare fire in Hermosillo last month that killed 47 people.
Jill, who received severe burns to her feet and hands rescuing Logan, has been released from Swedish. The boy’s father, Greg, a soldier on assignment in Missouri, flew to California this morning.
Greg reported that Logan was responding positively to his presence, Trost said.
Investigators say they believe Logan started a fire in his family’s condominium at 9187 West Phillips Dr. when he was playing with a lighter in a bedroom closet around 5 p.m. Friday.
A smoke alarm alerted his sister and mother, who ran upstairs to pull him out of the fire.
Firefighters commended the 8-year-old sister, Sarah, who called 911 and gave the dispatcher a detailed and accurate description of what was going on. Firefighters said they were able to respond appropriately when they got there based on her information.
The two-story structure received significant damage but the fire was contained to that unit and did not damage adjacent units. The burned unit is uninhabitable, Trost said.
Trost said all parents should know that almost every fire department in the state has a free training program for parents whose children are showing an interest or fascination with fire.
A fund to assist the Miles family with medical and recovery expenses has been established at Wells Fargo Bank in the name of Bernadette Gusich For the Benefit of Logan Miles and Family.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
