Ex-teammate's girlfriend seriously burned in accident at home of Sens' Ceci
An evening that began as a barbeque among three old hockey teammates and their significant others nearly turned fatal when a fuel accident left one of the guests engulfed in flames and fighting for her life.
The incident occurred May 9 at the home of Senators defenseman Cody Ceci. It was there where Ceci and his partner, Jamie Thompson, hosted Ceci's former Ottawa 67's teammates Ryan Van Stralen and Jake Cardwell, and their significant others, including Cardwell's girlfriend, Hana Engel.
According to The Ottawa Sun, Thompson went to refuel a fire and began to squirt fuel from a bottle onto the flame. But the stream ignited and Thompson instinctively threw the bottle away, accidentally hitting Engel.
The 24-year-old Engel became engulfed in flames, some of which Cardwell was able to put out using water from a dog's bowl a dog bowl that had been moved outside about 10 minutes earlier.
That is just awful.
I believe she is lucky to have survived. I can't begin to imagine the pain she is in