(WSVN) - CLEWISTON, Fla. (WSVN) — A man was taken to a hospital after his truck exploded in a hotel’s parking lot while he was working out of it.

State Fire Marshals responded to a truck explosion Wednesday evening in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn in Clewiston, near Lake Okeechobee.

Police said fire suppression equipment exploded in the back of a man’s truck while he was working out of it.

The explosion sent the man backwards and caused minor burns to parts of his body.

He was taken to an area hospital and is expected to be OK.

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