A man has been seriously injured in a boiler explosion at a sawmill in Waikato. Emergency services were called to the Max Birt Sawmill in Mangatawhiri, off State Highway 2, just after 6.30am today. The man has been taken to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. The owner of the sawmill, Max Birt, said he believed a kiln operator had been injured.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2016 19:18 UTC