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Female visitor suffers significant thermal burns in Yellowstone National Park; Visitors: Keep pets under control NPS News Release
News Release Female visitor suffers significant thermal burns in Yellowstone National Park; Visitors: Keep pets under control Bison graze along the Firehole River near Midway Geyser Basin NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 5, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 A 20-year-old woman from Washington suffered significant thermal burns between her shoulders and feet on the afternoon of October 4, in the vicinity of Fountain Flat Drive south of Madison Junction. When the woman and her father exited their vehicle to look around, their dog jumped out of the car and into Maiden’s Grave Spring near the Firehole River. The woman entered the thermal hot spring to retrieve the dog. The father pulled her out of the feature and then drove the party to West Yellowstone, Montana. Yellowstone National Park rangers and Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District provided initial care to the woman at West Yellowstone. She was then transported to the Bu...