A BURY man injured in an explosion at a scrapyard is continuing his recovery in Manchester's Withington Hospital burns unit.
Mr Mohammed Aslam (45) suffered serious burns to his face, arm and neck in the accident at International Breakers in Pimhole Fold, Bury, ten days ago.
The firm's owner, Mr David Ormes (35), from Chapelfield in Radcliffe, also suffered burns. He was using cutting equipment on a Range Rover car when an acetylene torch ignited the vehicle's hydraulic fluid.
Mr Aslam was stood watching at the time. Both men suffered burns to ten per cent of their bodies when they became engulfed by the flash fire.
Mr Ormes was released a few days after the accident while Mr Aslam is having a number of skin grafts to deep burns. He is expected to be released next week.
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