DULUTH, Minn. — An 84-year-old hunter caught his clothes on fire in a deer stand, then died after falling out of the tree on Saturday morning, authorities said.
Arthur Joseph Knafla of Maple Grove was pronounced dead at the scene, NBC station KBJR reported. The accident occurred in Lavell Township, southeast of Hibbing, the Star-Tribune reported.
According to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, Knafla was attempting to light a propane heater in his partially enclosed deer stand when his clothes caught fire. Knafla then fell from his deer stand.
A Meadowlands ambulance responded to the incident.
Saturday was the opening day of the Minnesota deer hunting firearms season.
Hunter catches fire, falls off tree stand, dies
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Re: Hunter catches fire, falls off tree stand, dies
WOW! 
Never heard anything like that before.
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Re: Hunter catches fire, falls off tree stand, dies
OMG that is horrible
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84 and still climbing up a tree to hunt, I'm impressed. Bummer we heard about him due to a tragedy.
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Hard to know what to say on that bummer of an accident.
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crazy story. sad
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whitetail007 wrote:crazy story. sad
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Re: Hunter catches fire, falls off tree stand, dies
Sad story for sure, but If I am still hunting and climbing tree's when I am 84, that would be a blessing and I would prefer to go while hunting.
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Weird & tragic.
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Crazy story.
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That's awful never heard of anything like that. Impressed he was still climbing at 84. Will be interested to hear what went wrong with the heater
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Sad to hear, sadder that he will probably be a Darwin Contender this year. How odd. 84 and still doing it, I hope I am then.
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man that sucks sory to hear about that ...... i always worry about that ice fishingHUNT LIKE A BEAST
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