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Man engulfed in flames after generator explodes

A man has received serious burns after a generator he was filling with fuel exploded at a building site in Adelaide’s south.

The man is in hospital in a serious condition after the accident at the Masonic Memorial Village at Somerton Park at around 10.30am.

A witness told 7News other workers on the building site rolled the man around on the ground to extinguish the flames.

“As I got out the lift shaft, I just seen a guy come running across the building site on fire,” Jordan Rodgers said.

“Quite a lot of flames coming off of him, and a really crazy scene to see.

“The flames were just really intense; it took quite a while to get him out.”

He said other workers used fire extinguishers to douse the fire on the trailer where the man was working.

Safework SA is investigating.