Worker injured after blast and fire at recycling plant in Burnaby, B.C.

Jul 6, 2016 | 12:33 PM

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.