Man Injured in Explosion at East Texas Shop
Posted/updated on: January 6, 2012 at 3:41 pm
LONE STAR (AP) – A 19-year-old man has been seriously injured in an explosion at a machine shop in Morris County. Lone Star Police Chief Larry Fleet says the man was burning the top off a barrel that contained flammable fuel in an unventilated area when the accident occurred Thursday afternoon. Fleet says the worker’s clothing caught fire and he suffered second and third degree burns from his torso on up. Tyler television station KLTV reports that the man was airlifted to a Dallas hospital for treatment. Although other employees were doing fabricating work at the shop, Fleet said no one else was injured.
