DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE (11/30/2015) A worker suffered first- and second-degree burns on his face from a flash fire at the PBF Energy refinery near Delaware City, authorities said.
The incident was reported at 6:48 p.m. Sunday, said Sgt. Michael A. McColley of New Castle County paramedics.
The 62-year-old man was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Christiana Hospital in Stanton in stable condition, McColley said. He was later transferred to the burn center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania.
Delaware City Fire Company and Delaware State Police also responded to the fire, which McColley said was in an industrial area at the plant.