Charging station explosion severely burns worker in Baxter – Brainerd Dispatch
BAXTER — A 22-year-old Stacy man was severely burned Monday, May 20, after the electric vehicle charging station he was working on exploded at the Holiday Stationstore on Dellwood Drive.
The Baxter Police Department identified the man as Zavier Chevere.
Brainerd Fire Chief Tim Holmes said the department responded at 12:01 p.m. to a report of an explosion and fire at the Holiday gas station. Holmes said Chevere was working to install the system when there was an electrical explosion.
Holmes said bystanders extinguished the fire and were caring for the severely burned Chevere when the Baxter Police Department arrived on scene.
The Brainerd Fire Department assisted with patient care and helped the Baxter Police Department establish a landing zone for North Memorial Health Air Care along Golf Course Drive, behind Mills Motor Company.
Assisting at the scene were Crow Wing Power and North Memorial Health Ambulance.
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