Retailer B&M has been told to pay £1m after an explosion at their headquarters resulted in an electrician being set on fire. Shahenur Rahman's body "blew up to four times its normal size" during the industrial accident and he remained in a coma for two weeks.
Mr Rahman was left needing skin grafts and surgery to save one of his hands after a "Catherine wheel of fire spiralled through the air". It happened during the industrial accident at the firm's base and distribution centre at Estuary Commerce Park in Speke, a suburb of Liverpool.
Mr Rahman also suffered complications including septicaemia and pneumonia, and requires two further operations as his fingers remain "curled up". In a statement read out to the court on his behalf, he described suffering flashbacks to the blast whenever he hears loud bangs, LiverpoolEcho reports.
