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| A man has suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming, park officials say. | A man has suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming, park officials say. |
| Gervais Dylan Gatete, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was with seven other people when the incident happened. | Gervais Dylan Gatete, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was with seven other people when the incident happened. |
| Just before midnight on Tuesday the group flagged down park rangers who helped transport Mr Gatete to hospital. | Just before midnight on Tuesday the group flagged down park rangers who helped transport Mr Gatete to hospital. |
| This is the first incident near the famous hot springs this year. Last June a man died after falling into a spring. | This is the first incident near the famous hot springs this year. Last June a man died after falling into a spring. |
| Mr Gatete, who is a hotel employee in the park, was flown from the airport in West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City, where he is in stable condition in hospital. | Mr Gatete, who is a hotel employee in the park, was flown from the airport in West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City, where he is in stable condition in hospital. |
| Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk said in a statement that the park's thermal features are dangerous, and the ground nearby is fragile and thin, with scalding water just beneath the surface. | Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk said in a statement that the park's thermal features are dangerous, and the ground nearby is fragile and thin, with scalding water just beneath the surface. |
| "We continually stress that people must stay on trails and boardwalks in geyser basins, not only to protect resources, but for their own safety," he said. | "We continually stress that people must stay on trails and boardwalks in geyser basins, not only to protect resources, but for their own safety," he said. |
| In 2016, a 23-year-old man died in the Lower Geyser Basin after leaving the boardwalk trail with his sister. | In 2016, a 23-year-old man died in the Lower Geyser Basin after leaving the boardwalk trail with his sister. |
| Authorities later determined it was too unsafe to recover his body, which had dissolved almost entirely by the following day. | Authorities later determined it was too unsafe to recover his body, which had dissolved almost entirely by the following day. |
| The area of the park where the hot springs and geysers - which spout water into the air - are located is on the edge of the famous Yellowstone caldera, a "supervolcano" or "hotspot". | |
| The caldera's activity fuels the thermal pools in the area. | The caldera's activity fuels the thermal pools in the area. |