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Man badly burned by campfire is in critical condition

Gary Gibbs, 50, is reported to be homeless

December 01, 2011|by KY3 News | newsalerts@ky3.com

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The condition of a man badly burned by a campfire early Wednesday morning is described as critically unstable by a nurse at a hospital where he's being treated.  Gary Gibbs, 50, is reported to be homeless.

Gibbs apparently rolled into a campfire as he was sleeping near Kearney Street at Kansas Expressway.  A fire marshal says he may have been drinking. 

Gibbs is being treated for third- and possibly fourth-degree burns.

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