Community service worker burned

 

 

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by Alexandria Randolph

Two Burnet County Precinct 4 employees were terminated following an accident that injured an Intermediate Sanction Facility (ISF) volunteer.

Henry Murr, a 20-year-old from Junction, suffered serious burns when a brush fire exploded in his face at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Murr said he was ordered by Precinct 4 supervisors to ignite the brush pile with a lighter after others had been soaked it in a mixture of at least 10 gallons of a diesel and gasoline.

Since the 33rd and 424th Judicial District ISF is located in Burnet County, Murr said he and other volunteers were given the opportunity to work with Burnet County precinct maintenance employees in order to fulfill community service penalties tied to misdemeanor charges. In Murr's case, he was working off time connected to a marijuana-related charge out of Kimble County.

The community service volunteers had spent that morning clearing brush along a county road in Spicewood.

For the full story see Friday's Highlander.

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