Arizona grandmother dies after boyfriend pours petrol on fire pit

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 18:07 · Archive

An Arizona grandmother died from burns after her boyfriend allegedly poured petrol on a backyard fire pit to reignite it.

Tammy Dodson, a certified nursing assistant at the local Veterans Affairs system, suffered catastrophic burns when her boyfriend allegedly poured petrol on a backyard fire pit at her Prescott Valley home around 10.45pm on 24 September. First responders found her lying in the backyard unable to speak, with burns covering 53 per cent of her body. Her boyfriend, who has not been publicly identified by police, suffered only minor injuries.

Dodson's sister said the boyfriend grabbed a petrol can to reignite the dwindling fire, but the action caused an explosion that engulfed Dodson in flames. According to one account, the explosion was powerful enough to push the petrol can onto a neighbour's roof.

Dodson spent ten days intubated at a Phoenix burn centre before dying on 4 October, a day before her 59th birthday. She was a mother of two and grandmother of three. Her sister told local outlets: "I'm very angry. She should not have been taken from us the way she was." Her family described her as vibrant and loving, saying she had a way of bringing life wherever she went.

How it is being reported

• Granny, 58, burned to death after boyfriend poured gasoline on outdoor fire pit to try and reignite itTammy Dodson, mother of two and grandmother of three, died a day before her 59th birthday, her heartbroken family said.Daily Mail · 12 Oct, 17:50
• Grandmother burned to death after her boyfriend pours gasoline on backyard fire pit‘Tammy truly was the light of our family. She was vibrant, beautiful, loving, and had a way of bringing so much life wherever she went,’ her family said in a fundraiserIndependent World · 12 Oct, 14:00

In this story: Tammy Dodson · Prescott Valley · Arizona · Phoenix · Veterans Affairs

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