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Electrical explosion injures two

Posted November 26, 2008 18:21:00

The New South Wales ambulance service says two people have been injured in an explosion at an industrial site on Sydney's south-western outskirts.

It says an electrical transformer exploded at the site at Wedderburn near Campbelltown.

An ambulance helicopter is flying to the site so that paramedics can treat two people with serious burns.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, campbelltown-2560

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