Survivor tells of 20 days in freezing Alaska after cabin burnt down | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Jan 13 ― Haggard and traumatised, a young man has told how he survived for more than three weeks in the snowy wilderness of Alaska after his remote cabin burned down when he mistakenly put cardboard in his stove. Tyson Steele, who was rescued by helicopter on Thursday, said his cabin...

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Tyson Steele, who was rescued by helicopter on Thursday, said his cabin ― located 30 kilometres from the nearest neighbour ― was incinerated in mid-December, and his beloved dog Phil died in the blaze. “The mistake I made, I got hasty and I put a big piece of cardboard in the stove to start the fire,” Steele said. “It sent a spark out through the chimney which landed on the roof.”

Eating a long-awaited McDonald’s and still wearing some of the same clothes, Steele gave an interview to the State Troopers unit, which described him as appearing “vaguely reminiscent of actor Tom Hanks’ character in the movieSteele told how his phone failed, his snow boots were lost in the flames, and that he made a survival plan hoping that his lack of communication with friends and family would trigger a search mission.

 

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