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Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after fire in Sechelt

An 87-year-old man was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital with severe burns and life-threatening injuries after a Tuesday evening fire on Wigard Road in West Sechelt. Sunshine Coast RCMP said the fire, which broke out around 6:45 p.m.
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A picture of the Wigard Road fire posted on social media,

An 87-year-old man was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital with severe burns and life-threatening injuries after a Tuesday evening fire on Wigard Road in West Sechelt.

Sunshine Coast RCMP said the fire, which broke out around 6:45 p.m., destroyed the fifth-wheel trailer the man was living in despite neighbours’ efforts to try to extinguish the blaze before it got out of control.

No further details were available as of Wednesday morning.