A MAN suffered burns after being attacked with brake fluid while working on a Benfleet trading estate.

The 20-year-old victim had to be taken to Southend Hospital following the incident at the Manor Trading Estate in Armstrong Road just after 4pm on Wednesday (Nov 23) afternoon.

The victim, who was from Southend, suffered burns when the brake fluid caught fire.

A 29-year-old man from Shoebury was arrested on suspicion of GBH after the incident.

He has been bailed until January 19 2012 pending further police enquiries.