Hero nurse set on fire in beer garden heater explosion shares horror burn injuries WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT Ashleigh Charlesworth, 27, suffered severe burns after the portable heater exploded at the Kings Head pub in Great Cornard, Suffolk
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The nurse was badly burnt in the explosion (Image: Charlesworth family / SWNS.com)
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Ashleigh Charlesworth was on a night out with family when explosion took place
It is believed the heater was brought to Kings Head pub in Suffolk by a customer
Suffolk Police are now investigating the incident which took place on Saturday
Ashleigh, who worked as a children s nurse and delivered coronavirus vaccines during the pandemic, was left with serious burns to her face, chest and hands
A man in his twenties has been discharged from hospital.
Nurse - Ashleigh Charlesworth Ashleigh, 27, worked as a paediatric nurse at Colchester Hospital before moving to Virgin Care. She has needed a skin graft on her hands and has to wear a special face mask to help heal her facial burns and prevent potential infection. Her father Paul Charlesworth said: “Someone brought a heater to the pub but it exploded and Ashleigh and her cousin got sprayed in the face They were badly burned and taken to hospital. “Ashleigh was put on a ventilator for two days and needed operations on her hands.
Nurse left fighting for life with burns to face after heater exploded at pub
Ashleigh Charlesworth, from Colchester, was on a ventilator in hospital for two days and has suffered burns to her face, chest and hands. She was hit by the exploding heater that was brought to a pub
Ashleigh has suffered potentially life-changing injuries from the horror explosion (Image: East Anglia news/Go Fund Me)
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