Worker injured after blast and fire at recycling plant in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – One worker has been injured in an explosion and fire at a recycling plant in Burnaby, B.C.
Fire chief Joe Robertson says the blast occurred when the end of an acetylene gas tank was somehow placed near a shearing machine at ABC Recycling.
The worker was transported to hospital, and Robertson says he was at least a metre from the blast and suffered post-concussion symptoms.
Robertson also confirms the fire was small and did not spread to a building.
WorkSafeBC spokesman Scott McCloy says the explosion occurred at about 8 a.m., and an officer was sent to the scene but no further details are available.
The owner of the recycling company was not immediately available for comment.
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