Restaurant worker suffers burns in kitchen explosion in Bukit Bintang

KUALA LUMPUR: A worker suffered about 80 percent burns on his body in a cooking gas cylinder explosion at the kitchen of a restaurant in Bukit Bintang on Friday.

The worker, identified as Fauzi, in his 30s, was rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital following the incident at about 12.30pm at the restaurant in Jalan Bulan, said Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman.