The Lakeville Fire Department responded to a home Friday after two of the home’s residents suffered cooking burns.
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to a single-family home on Woodland Ridge Drive. Before arriving, the crew was informed that the fire had been extinguished. Once they arrived, they found two people suffering from burns.
Homeowners explained that they were cooking a traditional Portuguese dish called Chouriço à Bombeiro (which translates to ‘firemanchourico’ in English), which uses an open flame to cook the dish, in addition to alcohol to maintain the flame to keep. Presumably a gust of wind from an open window caused a flash fire to spread through the kitchen.
An adult man and child suffered burns after being near the flame. Other people in the home had used towels, rugs and blankets to smother the victims involved in the fire.
Due to the severity of the burns, the male victim had to be transported to a Rhode Island hospital for further treatment, while the child was transported by EMS to St. Lukes Hospital for non-severe burns.
Individuals in the home were able to use a fire extinguisher to extinguish the remaining fire and damage to the home was minimal.
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