RICHMOND (NEWS1130) – An industrial accident in Richmond has sent one person to hospital with burns.

Mounties say the employee was working on an electrical box at United Lock Block. “It exploded and started a small fire,” says Cpl. Sherrdean Turley with Richmond RCMP.

She says it happened in the 13000 block of Mitchell Road and there is no threat to anyone else in the area and the extent of the man’s burns are unknown right now.

WorkSafeBC is investigating.