An explosion at an industrial park in West Kelowna sent an employee to the hospital with serious injuries Monday.
Image Credit: Global Okanagan (with permission)
February 23, 2015 - 2:28 PM
WEST KELOWNA – An explosion at an industrial park in West Kelowna sent an employee to the hospital with serious injuries Monday.
The call came in around 12:30 p.m. with reports of a gas explosion at 2555 Auburn Rd.
Although West Kelowna Fire Rescue declined to comment because the investigation is ongoing, Global Okanagan reports the man was welding a steel drum when the explosion happened.
His injuries are believed to be serious.
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