Manhattan Beach firefighters reach out to burn victims
(l-r) Torrance Memorial Medical Center registered nurse Erin Kill, nurse manager Marie Herbrandson, Dr. Vimal Murthy, MBFD firefighter Matt Simkins, MBBF volunteer Erin Keller, registered nurse Naiwei Hsu-Chang, MBFD Battalion Chief John Weber and MBFD firefighter Tyler Wade. Photo by Deidre Davidson When the fire was finally extinguished, Dana Lindley’s skin kept cooking. Within a second the Manhattan Beach resident had gone from making a pot of chili for the next day’s Super Bowl Sunday party to watching in horror as flames engulfed her mid-section. “I reached for the chili powder and accidentally knocked a forgotten bottle of peppermint extract off of the shelf,” she recalled. “It shattered on the counter and on me. My stomach and pelvic area caught fire instantly. I thought, ‘Oh no. I’m on fire.’” Lindley dropped and rolled on her kitchen floor, but the flames continued to burn the middle of her body. By the time she ran outside and started to roll on the grass, the fire had spread to her legs, baking her pajamas to her skin. Her husband patted her down, put out the flames and called 911. Upon the dispatcher’s advice, he sprayed his wife with a hose. The incident last February…
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