Pair suffer serious burns in Gold Coast gas bottle explosion
Two Gold Coast workers have burns to their faces, limbs and bodies after a blast tore through a new cafe while they were testing its gas system.
Two Gold Coast workers have burns to their faces, limbs and bodies after a blast tore through a new cafe while they were testing its gas system. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)
The pair were testing gas equipment at the cafe when they were caught up in a flash explosion.
There was no fire but the gas blast left a man, 26, and a woman, 23, with burns to much of their bodies.
“When they were testing out the gas system, they’ve had a flash explosion occur,” ambulance officer Andre Gollop said.
“Both the male and the female occupants have sustained pretty significant burns to their arms, legs, their torso, and their faces.”
Both are in serious but stable condition and have been taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Police have evacuated the cafe, on Energy Circuit at Robina, and fire crews are at the scene investigating what went wrong.
