Radiator fluid explodes, burns man

Published: Friday, Aug. 7 2009 12:40 a.m. MDT

A man suffered burns to 5 percent of his body when radiator fluid in his car exploded after he stopped to work on the vehicle in Kaysville Thursday afternoon.

The explosion left burn marks on the face of the man, who is in his 20s, said Kaysville firefighter Matt Jamieson.

The victim was flown to University Hospital for second-degree burns.

— Lana Groves

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