Burn Survivor Remembers Thinking: ‘I Can’t Be On Fire Right Now’

By Kathy Walsh
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Summer is the season for barbecues and campfires. But without safety precautions, fun by the fire pit can lead to serious burns. Kathy Forde knows.
“I felt it, but I’m like… this can’t be what’s happening. This can’t be what’s really going on. I can’t be on fire right now.”
Kathy Forde (credit: CBS)
Forde was 28 and the mother of two when she caught fire in 2009.
(credit: Kathy Forde)
She was standi