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EMS statement on ACL fire
Austin-Travis County EMS has issued this news release:
At 2:34 p.m. today, Austin-Travis County EMS Communications received word of a fire with injuries at the ACL Festival in Zilker Park. EMS, Austin Parks and APD personnel were already assigned to the Zilker Park event. Multiple additional EMS and fire resources were immediately assigned to the incident, located very near the AT&T Stage.
ATCEMS and other medical personnel already at the ACL event immediately began to treat the most serious injuries. EMS Medic 201 arrived at the incident some eight minutes after the first 911 notification at 2:42 p.m., and immediately reported two patients with critical injuries. A second ambulance arrived at 2:47 p.m. The two critical injuries were transported to Brackenridge Hospital Trauma Unit with significant burns.
A total of four patients were identified, evaluated and transported; the two critical burn patients, and two additional patients with less severe injuries. The four victims names have not been released, however it has been confirmed all four were involved wit the ACL Fest operations and were not patrons.
As of 4:35 p.m., STAR Flight helicopter is transporting the two most seriously injured patients to Brook Army Medical Center.
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