A Bangor man died Sunday from accidents sustained in a cellular residence fireplace final month.
Lawrence Dawson, 75, had extreme burns and accidents after he was pulled from a March 14 fireplace at his residence in Colonial Pines park on Bangor’s outer Ohio Avenue, Maine Division of Public Security spokesperson Shannon Moss stated Wednesday.
Dawson was taken to Jap Maine Medical Heart by ambulance, then transferred by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Heart in Portland.
A second man who lives on the residence was not injured, police stated beforehand.
Assist beams had been seen on about half the trailer after the hearth was extinguished. A burned propane tank was on the garden behind the house. Siding on a neighboring cellular residence was melted within the fireplace, however the residence ought to be capable of be restored, the Bangor Hearth Division had stated.
The reason for the hearth continues to be underneath investigation, Moss stated.
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