I am a volunteer firefighter from Long Island New York for 5 years now and i have a case you guys might be interested in and it may bring some light to this issue. on July 24 around 0500 hours we were activated for a working structure fire in a occupied dwelling upon arrival the first due engine activated the working fire and stretched a 1 3/4 line to start fire suppression, the members on the nozzle team did a great job and knocked down the fire quickly but not before the nozzle man received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his legs and calves. We were interested in how he was burned wearing his proper PPE (full bunker gear) so we inspected his gear and found no burn holes. we later found out that earlier in the morning the firefighter had responded to 2 electrical hazard calls in a severe ran storm and had to walk through 3 feet of water which mad his gear soaked. now when the structure fine came in his pants where still wet, now the only conclusion we came across into how he got burned was due to his pants being wet he received steam burns.