22-year-old seriously injured after explosion in barbecue in the zoo – Fædrelandsvennen

The time 9:37 notified police about an accident in the zoo.

– An employee is seriously injured and sent to hospital , said operations at Agder police, Ingrid Mæhre.

According to police, it should have been an explosion in a grill that has caused the damages. The accident happened before opening time, which is 10:00 am.

– Two other employees are sent to the emergency room for a check, said operations manager.

At 11 o’clock Saturday morning lighted Southern hospital that the 22 year old man is transported further to Ullevål hospital.

Technician on site

Operations Sverre Birkeland Agder police reports that Labour Inspection is notified.

– Arbeidstilynet is notified, and zoo has informed that they will do their procedures. We now have a technician in place that examines the accident site. As of now we do not know what has gone wrong, says Birkeland.

He is not aware of what damage 22-year-old has suffered.

Pirates Grill

the accident must have occurred in Captain Sabertooth world.

– the accident occurred at the area called Pirate BBQ, says managing director of the zoo, Per Arnstein Aamodt, to Fædrelandsvennen.

the police have cordoned off the area where the grill exploded.

– I can not say much more than the police have already disclosed. We work with the police who have controlled the situation, says Aamodt.

Relatives according Aamodt notified.

The case is updated.