Burned Firefighter’s Condition Improves
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The condition of Glendale firefighter Bill Jensen, the most severely burned of six firemen injured in the Calabasas-Malibu fire, improved Friday from critical to serious, but doctors remained cautious about predicting his full recovery.
“[Jensen] weathered this particular crisis but is certainly not yet out of the woods,” said Dr. A. Richard Grossman, of the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center.
Jensen, 52, was burned over 70% of his body Oct. 22 during the Calabasas-Malibu fire when a gust of wind shifted flames that trapped him and five other firefighters.
The others were eventually released from the hospital.
Jensen is scheduled to undergo more surgery Monday.
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