Workmen burned
Date published: 22 July 2014
TWO men suffered serious burns when they were stripping paint at an industrial unit in Royton yesterday.
It is thought that they were using thinning fluid which ignited at B&B Enamellers, next to the Church Inn, Middleton Road, at around 4pm.
An air ambulance landed at Royton Cricket Club in Bransdale Avenue and it is thought the men were taken to Wythenshawe Hospital suffering from serious burns.
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