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Man suffers facial burns lighting garden bonfire near Bridgnorth

A man was taken to hospital with burns to his face after he tried to light a bonfire in his garden, near Bridgnorth.

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The man was taken to hospital from a house in Wooton, at 8pm on Saturday.

Paramedics and firefighters were called out and the man was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to hospital.

The fire service said the burns happened while the man was lighting a controlled bonfire in the garden.

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