Windows shattered and worker left burned after Brisbane bin explodes

Two men are in hospital after a skip bin in Brisbane’s south-west exploded unexpectedly, sending a shockwave through the neighbourhood.

Three men were filling the bin on McLaren Street in Fig Tree Pocket today when it erupted, leaving one with minor burns and another in shock.

Both were taken to hospital as a precaution, Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman Ronald Cunningham confirmed.

The force of the explosion was so fierce rubbish was thrown across the street and the windows of a nearby house were shattered.

One witness, Adam Bergman, said he heard a “massive bang, crash, glass spraying everywhere”.

“I felt it. The pictures downstairs fell off the walls and everything too,” he told 9NEWS.

Mr Bergman said his first impression was perhaps a tree had struck a house.

Fire investigators are currently trying to piece together what caused the explosion.