A 30-year-old Tarrant County man is still recovering from 2nd degree burns after surviving an electrical fire while on the job at a Fort Worth school.
Crews were doing demolition work on the vacant school. No children were inside.
"And my two hands, right hand is not really bad. I can move it, but my left hand, it has a deep 2nd degree," he said.With his hands wrapped in gauze and ointment, he said he's lucky to be alive. Saturday, Starks was supposed to be released from the hospital, but he now will likely have to wait for a skin graph.It’s a noise that has keeps replaying in his head since Monday.
"I threw myself to the floor. I crawled out of the room. I thought I was on fire. I couldn’t see. Constant screaming," he recalled.
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