Police investigating workplace death

A man has died after an apparent fuel tanker explosion at his Otorohanga workplace in the King Country.

"Emergency services were called at about 1pm to a report that a fuel tank had exploded at the premises of an earth-moving company," police said today.

Firefighters and ambulance staff found a man with serious burns. Despite efforts to revive him, he died at the scene.

Police said an investigation on behalf of the Coroner was under way.

A spokesman for WorkSafe New Zealand said it was investigating the death.

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