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‘It’s made me stronger’: Woman burned in campfire accident and left by husband speaks out
KFOR ^ | JULY 14, 2017

Posted on 07/14/2017 3:55:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 07/14/2017 3:55:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Some of the “gas” got on her? Why would they need gas to light a campfire?


2 posted on 07/14/2017 3:58:13 PM PDT by apoxonu
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To: apoxonu

Lighter fluid?


3 posted on 07/14/2017 3:59:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: apoxonu

Scout Water is dangerous stuff.

A HS friend passed from using gasoline to accelerate his already slowly going charcoal fire.


4 posted on 07/14/2017 4:01:38 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: apoxonu
Ya, doesn't make sense.

Courtney Waldon, 27, of Tallapoosa, Georgia, says she was sitting by a campfire, cooking last September when her husband lit the fire.

If she was cooking over a campfire... why would the husband need to light the fire? Sounds very fishy.

5 posted on 07/14/2017 4:03:00 PM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: apoxonu
Why would they need gas to light a campfire?

Good question. Also, it's probably the reporter's WORDING of the woman's statement, but it makes it seem like she was cooking BEFORE he lit the fire.

"Courtney Waldon, 27, of Tallapoosa, Georgia, says she was sitting by a campfire, cooking last September when her husband lit the fire. "

I would suggest maybe what the reporter meant is that she was cooking over a small camping stove that was near where her husband was trying to start up the campfire (for warmth and light only). Otherwise it makes no sense.

6 posted on 07/14/2017 4:04:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: nickcarraway

She ought to sue her ex


7 posted on 07/14/2017 4:06:25 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: apoxonu

It’s Georgia


8 posted on 07/14/2017 4:06:44 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: nickcarraway

No it would be gas...it’s Georgia


9 posted on 07/14/2017 4:07:24 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Paladin2

Neighbor almost achieved the same when he doused his brush pile with GAS vs K1.
He went in before lighting it and came back, fumes had settled along the ground and through out the mass of kindling and when hi lit the match the entire thing blew up singing the crap out of him.


10 posted on 07/14/2017 4:07:56 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Godebert

Because it’s Georgia


11 posted on 07/14/2017 4:08:03 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I found some more info:

Courtney Waldon vividly remembers sitting by a campfire on September 30, 2016, cooking tuna steak and asparagus. The 27-year-old mom was on her phone using Facebook as her husband of two months got up to relight the fire. After swinging a can of gas, some of it got on her body. The next thing she knew she was engulfed in flames.

12 posted on 07/14/2017 4:09:30 PM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Godebert

It’s georgia


13 posted on 07/14/2017 4:10:24 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Godebert
If she was cooking over a campfire... why would the husband need to light the fire? Sounds very fishy.

Thank God for FR sleuths such as you, This was a setup from the very beginning

The month long induced coma and the 51 days in the hospital, along with the fourth-degree and third-degree burns was just a ruse to set up a cash cow via the GoFundMe website..........

Nice catch!


14 posted on 07/14/2017 4:13:29 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: nickcarraway
Don't play with fire.


15 posted on 07/14/2017 4:14:06 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Hot Tabasco

Wise-guy, eh? Why I oughta....


16 posted on 07/14/2017 4:15:34 PM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Georgia ping.


17 posted on 07/14/2017 4:18:42 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Godebert

So her husband of 2 months left her 2 weeks after she returned from the hospital? She spent more time in a coma than she did being married.


18 posted on 07/14/2017 4:23:52 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: nickcarraway

I made a mistake. They have before and after pictures. God bless her.


19 posted on 07/14/2017 4:28:49 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: CGASMIA68

I prefer to use my 500,000 Btu propane torch to get the fire pit going. Takes ~30 sec. for a well layed fire. Propane doesn’t hug the ground and reach out to touch you...


20 posted on 07/14/2017 4:29:55 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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