A man was severely burned Sunday when he fell into a burn pit at his South Carolina home, according to rescuers.
The Colleton County Fire Rescue team said they were called Sunday to a home on Enterprise Street east of Walterboro.
They said a man fell into a burn pit and his clothes caught fire.
The man received first, second and third degree burns to the right side of his body, including his leg, arm, chest, neck and face.
He told authorities he was having trouble breathing.
First responders treated the man at the scene. He was then flown to the burn center at MUSC in Charleston.
