UPDATED – Must see video: Indiana firefighter takes blast in face during van fire. Evansville FD says it was a magnesium reaction.

The video above was shot by WFIE-TV around 12:30 PM this afternoon. It shows firefighters handling a fire in a Chevy Astro van in  the 3500 block of South Weinbach. You will see a firefighter from the Evansville Fire Department taking the brunt of a small explosion inside the van and being knocked to the ground.

Here are more details from the station’s website:

District Chief Greg Main says as firefighters started attacking the fire, they encountered a magnesium reaction with water stream from their fire hose. As a result of this reaction, one firefighter was struck with debris that flew into his eyes.

Wathen Masden was transported to Deaconess Hospital and later released.

The fire was extinguished, and the owner of the vehicle, Brandon Henderson of Henderson Ky. was not injured.