Three People Badly Burned in Water at Austin Hot Springs

Austin Hot Springs is privately owned property and is closed to the public, but there have been other reports of trespassing in the past.

Photo: oregonhotsprings.com

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - A local Portland hospital notified authorities that at least three burn patients received medical attention at the hospital at 10:00 AM Sunday. Two of the patients are reported to have sustained life-threatening burns.

These three burn patients apparently had been immersed in the Austin Hot Springs, scalding them and resulting in these life-threatening burns. The percolating water in this Austin Hot Spring can allegedly emerge – at anytime –in excess of 190 degrees.

This unconfirmed, preliminary information indicates that two of the burn victims are adult females and one is a 4-year-old child. This burn incident occurred in the last 24-hours at the Austin Hot Springs.

Austin Hot Springs is described to be a privately owned property and has been closed to the public for sometime; however, previous incidents of trespassing on these premises have been reported.

Austin Hot Springs is located 37-miles south east of Estacada, along the Clackamas River, along State Hwy 224, almost halfway between Estacada and Detroit.

Source: Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office

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what's the deal? it says its private but I looked it up online and this hot spring is listed with directions how to get there. is it really legal to take little kids in this kind of temp? Who would?!

Wow! Parboiled at the hot-springs. What a way to go. An old back country trapper told me once he'd caught a fish next to a hot springs, and about the same time as he caught it, a large amount of hot water welled up from the spring, and by the time he finished reeling it in, the fish was cooked.

I feel sorry for the kid but, maybe the adults will think twice before trespassing again...if they live.

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