SMITHLAND, Ky. - A firefighter has been hurt battling a wildfire in western Kentucky.

The Kentucky Division of Forestry says Don Lam was struck Tuesday morning by a log that broke loose and rolled off a bluff in Livingston County. He was knocked unconscious and suffered second-degree burns.

Lam, a forest ranger technician, and other workers are fighting a 12-acre wildfire in the county. He was in serious condition after being airlifted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.

The Division of Forestry says the fire spread from a burning debris pile at a construction site.

Livingston County has had a burn ban in effect intermittently since Aug. 9. Forestry officials are investigating whether the ban was in effect when the wildfire began.

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