DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Fire Department responded to a flash fire that injured a man at a commercial building on the city's west side.
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Detroit fire crews respond to flash fire at commercial building on city's west side
Officials say that it happened at a building on Northlawn near the Grand River and Oakman intersection.
We're told a man in his 70s was working with chemicals inside the building when the minor explosion/flash happened. He's in the hospital in critical condition with second- and third-degree burns.
Other people were inside the building at the time were not injured, fire officials say.
The fire that started from the mixture is out.
