Two teens were rushed to hospital after an explosion in a shed near Nowra.
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Just before 5pm on Sunday emergency services were called to Greenwell Point Road, Worrigee - five kilometres southwest of Nowra.
The caller had said a shed on the property had exploded and police were told the teens were working on a boat inside at the time.
Ambulance paramedics treated a 17-year-old boy before transporting him to Shoalhaven Hospital, where he was then airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition.
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The second teenage boy, also 17, was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews put out the fire but the explosion completely destroyed the shed.
South Coast Police District officers established a crime scene and began an investigation into the blaze.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
