Man in coma after scrap yard fire

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 15 Desember 2012 | 17.52

A man is in coma with severe burns after an explosion caused a fire at a Sydney metal yard. Source: AAP

A MAN has been burned across 20 per cent of his body in a fire at a scrap metal yard in southwest Sydney.

The 26-year-old was operating a machine to move scrap metal at the yard on Claremont Avenue in Greenacre on Friday evening when an explosion occurred.

A fire broke out and the man managed to free himself from the console of the excavator, but not before he suffered serious burns. explosion the fire broke out.

A NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman on Friday night said six crews were called out to fight the fire.

"It's scrap metal so it has oil, plastics, paint ... but then once you heat up aluminium then it will burn as well," he told AAP.

The man remains in a stable condition in an induced coma at Royal North Shore Hospital with burns to 20 per cent of his body.

The fire was contained and extinguished by early Saturday morning, police said.

Investigators from Bankstown Local Area Command and WorkCover will look into the cause of the fire.


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