An explosion at an industrial park in West Kelowna sent an employee to the hospital with serious injuries Monday. Credit: Global Okanagan (with permission)

Employee injured in industrial explosion

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.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-0428. To contact the editor, email mjones@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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