Logan Miles, a 7-year-old Littleton boy who accidentally ignited a condominium fire while playing with a lighter, was being treated in a California hospital Saturday 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.”
The Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, located in Sacramento, specializes in pediatric burn cases.
Logan’s mother, Jill, who received severe burns to her feet and hands rescuing Logan, is recovering after she was released from Swedish Medical Center. The boy’s father, Greg, a soldier on assignment in Missouri, flew to California on Saturday morning.
Greg reported that Logan was responding positively to his presence, Trost said.
Investigators believe Logan started a fire in his family’s condominium at 9187 W. Phillips Drive 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 description of what was going on.
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.
