Two Sweet Home women were severely burned in an apparent accident around a backyard fire pit early Saturday morning.
Paramedics transported Lynn Damewood, 31, and Courtney Lake, 21, to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. They were later transported to Oregon Burn Center at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, according to police records. Damewood was taken to Oregon Health Sciences University with life-threatening burns. Lake also had serious burns that were not considered life-threatening.
At least four others…