Woman burned in bakery explosion in Norwood

By Anne Baker, Globe Correspondent

A cook was burned this morning in Norwood when a gas oven exploded in a blast that blew out the windows of Brother’s Bakery, police said.

The explosion on Washington Street occurred just after 11 a.m. as the woman was lighting the stove, said spokesman Paul Bishop for the Norwood Police Department. The woman fled the flaming building after suffering burns to her head, hands, neck, and back.

She was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Her condition was not available, Bishop said.

The flames in the bakery were quickly extinguished. The woman was the only employee at the time inside Brother’s Bakery, which makes rolls and bread. It occupies the bottom floor of a three-story building. Apartments on the top two floors were not affected.

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