STARS has released a few details concerning an incident Friday from the Steinbach area.

At 7:32 pm, STARS was requested to respond to the Steinbach airport to receive a patient who sustained burn injuries from a lawn mower. According to a STARS spokesperson, the patient sustained critical burn injuries from an explosion that occurred while the person was fixing or maintaining a lawn mower.

The patient was flown to Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.

We will provide more details as they become available.