KEOKUK, IOWA (AP) -- Authorities say a rural Keokuk man has died of injuries suffered when his clothes caught on fire while burning leaves.
The Lee County sheriff's office says the death of 79-year-old Charles "Chuck" Land, who died on Saturday, was an accident.
Jackson County Township Fire Chief Paul Henson told the Daily Gate City in Keokuk that Land was burning leaves Saturday afternoon.
Henson says it was windy, and Land was trying to stomp out the fire when his nylon coat caught on fire.
Henson says a firefighter who lives across the street from Land rushed over and put the fire out.
Land was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City, where he died Saturday evening.
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