Baby Among 3 Burned As Deep Fryer Shoots Hot Oil In Plymouth Store

PLYMOUTH, MA — Three people, including an elderly man and a baby, suffered burns in Plymouth Thursday evening after a deep fryer shot out hot oil in the kitchen of the Market Basket grocery store on Commerce Way, according to fire officials.

Plymouth firefighters said they responded just after 6:45 p.m. to find cooking oil on the ceiling of the kitchen as well as grease splatter about 15 feet away from the fryer.

Crews evaluated three people — a 79-year-old male customer, a 31-year-old male store employee, and an 11-month-old child — for burn injuries and shut down the kitchen, according to officials.

The elderly customer was taken by ambulance to the Massachusetts General Hospital Sumner Redstone Burn Center, officials said. The employee and baby were both taken by ambulance to South Shore Hospital.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Plymouth Fire Department are working together to identify the incident's cause.