Woman flown to hospital after receiving thermal burns near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from Yellowstone National Park.

On Monday afternoon, Sept. 16, a 60-year-old female visiting Yellowstone National Park from Windsor, New Hampshire, reportedly suffered 2nd and third-degree burns to her little limb while stepping successful a thermal area adjacent Mallard Lake Trailhead astatine Old Faithful.

The female was stepping off-trail pinch her hubby and a leashed canine successful a thermal area erstwhile she collapsed done a bladed crust complete scalding h2o and suffered burns to her leg. The hubby and canine were not injured.

The female and her hubby went to a parkland aesculapian session wherever they were evaluated. The diligent was later transported via chopper to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for further treatment.

Visitors are reminded to enactment connected boardwalks and trails successful hydrothermal areas and workout utmost caution. The crushed successful these areas is vulnerable and thin, and location is scalding h2o conscionable beneath nan surface. Learn much astir information successful thermal areas.

Pets are prohibited connected boardwalks, hiking trails, successful nan backcountry and successful thermal areas.

This incident is nether investigation and nan parkland has nary further accusation to share.

This is nan first known thermal wounded successful Yellowstone successful 2024.