Man scalded as molten tar splashed at Danforth and Logan

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A 47-year-old roadworker has been burned by molten tar which was being used to repair the road at Danforth and Logan Aves. Monday morning. The horrifying predicament of this man found him coated in the searing heat of the tar even as it hardened on his body. His release and rapid transportation to hospital required several firefighters grind and cut the tar from his clothes and flesh. The prospect of such torture is unbearable. Nonetheless, the is in hospital and at least some of the opinion seems to think he will survive. The circumstances of the accident seem to defy common sense as sources say the open container of tar was in a moving truck. The vehicle had to brake abruptly and the hot tar splashed on the man, covering much of his body.  The system would seem to have an obvious flaw. “It took us about an hour to extricate him. It was quite an unusual and challenging extrication,”  Toronto Fire Platoon Chief Dave Denysek told Global News..

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