Chef hit in boiling oil explosion

A chef who was covered in boiling oil after a deep fat fryer exploded in a West Lothian hotel is being treated in hospital.

The 30-year-old man is in St John's Hospital following the accident at the West Port Hotel in Linlithgow just after 0815 GMT on Wednesday.

He has reportedly suffered 12% burns, affecting his shoulder, the top of his back, left arm and around his ear.

It is understood an oil drum connected to the deep fat fryer exploded.

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