A man seriously burned in a sleepout fire on a property in Elgin yesterday morning was flown to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland yesterday for more specialist care.
The man, aged in his 40s, sustained burns to 20 to 25 percent of his body.
A rescue helicopter team from the Waikato picked him up from Gisborne Hospital and flew him to Auckland.
Middlemore yesterday reported the man was in stable condition in the hospital’s burns unit.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
