One man was transported to hospital after an incident involving a flare at Raven Point Marina this afternoon (Sept. 23).
B.C. Emergency Health Services loaded the man into an ambulance to take him to a landing site for an air ambulance. Eyewitnesses said the man injured his foot and sustained severe burns after stepping on a flare.
No one else was injured in the incident and there were no damages to property.
Air ambulance is landing at Raven Point Marina in Ladysmith. Fire and ambulance carried a man from the docks after he reportedly stepped on a flair that went off. @LC_Chronicle pic.twitter.com/bR0iLF85ag
— Tyler Hay (@_hay_tyler) September 23, 2021
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