PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ (AZFamily) — A Prescott Valley woman died last week after being burned in a fire pit explosion at her home, according to family and town officials.
Tammy Dodson died 10 days after the incident, a day before her 59th birthday. She spent those 10 days intubated at a Phoenix burn center with burns covering her body.
Town officials said the incident happened when someone tried to reignite a fire pit.
What happened
Dodson’s sister, Tina Carl, said Dodson and her boyfriend were sitting around a fire pit in their backyard. Carl said it was a smaller, elevated metal fire pit…