The man is now in a stable condition after the chemical drum he was pumping at the Campbellfield factory exploded in his face.
A worker injured in Melbourne's toxic waste factory blaze is recovering in hospital with serious burns.
It took more than 175 firefighters managed to bring the monsterous inferno under control. Victorian Coroner Darren Bracken attended the site on Friday and will investigate the cause of the blaze. Image: News Corp Australia
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