A construction worker was critically injured in a flash fire at a home construction site north of Odessa.
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office has determined that the fire was accidental.
The blaze was reported shortly after 8 a.m. in the Village of Bayberry North near the intersection of North Bayberry Parkway and West Aristotle Avenue. The Odessa Fire Company responded to the report.
The fire began when the victim was using an open flame to thaw frozen hose lines on a piece of machinery designed to coat concrete forms with an oil-based substance. The hose broke and the liquid substance sprayed across the open flame and ignited, burning the 21-year-old male victim.
The victim was flown by a Delaware State Police helicopter to the Crozer Medical Center in Upland, PA. He sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns to approximately 40 percent of his body surface. He is in critical condition.
