Explosion leads to burns

Photo: Dave Ogilvie

A man suffered severe burns during a refueling accident.

A man is in hospital with severe burns as a result of a workplace accident in West Kelowna Wednesday morning.

According to West Kelowna Fire Rescue, a man was refueling a vehicle near the Kelowna Ready-Mix operation when an small explosion sparked a fire which caused the burns.

Assistant fire chief Darren Lee says bystanders in the area helped put the fire out and tended to the man's injuries before crews arrived.

Being an industrial area, operations in the area have first-aid attendants on staff, said Lee.

He says they did an outstanding job tending to the man's injuries.

No word on the extent of his burns.