Bunnings Easter BBQ horror: Couple are rushed to hospital
A woman suffered facial burns at a horror sausage sizzle at a Bunnings Warehouse store when a barbeque caught fire.
The incident unfolded at an Bunnings Warehouse at the Adelaide Airport precinct at 12.30pm on Saturday.
According to 9News the barbecue caught alight after a woman, who was volunteering at the site, fainted, knocking over the gas bottle causing it to catch alight.
BBQ fire at the Bunnings store at Adelaide Airport. Picture 7News
The fire is believed to have started after the gas bottle was knocked over. Picture: 9NEWS
The woman was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious burns to her face.
Her husband, who was injured while pulling his wife to safety, was taken to hospital for minor burns.
The woman who was a volunteer at the Barbeque is understood to have fainted and fell over which led to the gas bottle being knocked over.
The barbeque was being held by the SA Sea Rescue Squadron, a major port authority.
The event is held annually by the agency every Saturday by various community groups.
The man who was taken to hospital is a volunteer at the Squadron.
A woman was taken to hospital with burns to her face. Picture: 9NEWS
‘She fell on the floor, and next minute it went boom,’ witness Ernie Reichstein told 9News.
Images from the scene show large plumes of smoke surrounding the barbecue.
A nearby car was also damaged during the ordeal.
Staff who were working at the store we seen scraping soot of the ground.
In a statement, Bunnings said staff members and a customer had used nearby extinguishers to contain the fire.
Police will continue to investigate the cause of the fire.
The South Australian Sea Rescue Squadron and South Australia Health were contacted for comment.
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