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Greene County teen burned in New Year’s Day fire has died

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January 16th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Scranton, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Greene County, Saturday, said one of the teenagers badly burned in a Greene County cabin fire on New Year’s Day, has died. Two teens, 15-year-old Harley McDonald and 14-year-old Lucas Oakes suffered from burns when a cabin they were staying at near Scranton, caught fire. Oakes suffered burns to mainly his hands and face after he put out the fire on McDonald, who suffered critical injuries. Both teens had been flow to the burn unit in Iowa City, where McDonald later died.

Oakes was released from the burn unit on January 8th and was treated to a “Welcome Back” ceremony with friends and family at the Greene County High School parking lot on January 9th.

Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire.