COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Friday marks a week since a south Georgia deputy was burned and airlifted to the hospital after a grilling accident during a school ceremony.
Cook County Deputy, Chad McDaniel, was putting hot dogs on the grill for an elementary school event.
He said moments later, flames from the grill covered his face and arms.
McDaniel was taken to Tift Regional Medical Center and then airlifted to a burn unit in Augusta.
He suffered first-and-second-degree burns on his face and arms.
He says he made the mistake of not letting the propane air out long enough before trying to light the fire in the grill again.
"I feel okay. My face may be a little messed up, but you know, that's part of it," said McDaniel. "It gets better as the days go by and stuff like that, so it is what it is."
He's expected to return to work in a few weeks.
No one else was hurt.
