Tassie teen suffers burns from lead

A teenager has been airlifted to hospital with burns from molten lead, which exploded while he was making fishing sinkers on Tasmania's east coast.

A teenager has been airlifted to a Hobart hospital after an explosion while he was making lead fishing sinkers.

The 14-year-old had been making the sinkers at Triabunna, on Tasmania's east coast, about 3pm on Saturday when the lead exploded.

He suffered burns on his face and upper body from the molten lead and was taken to hospital in a stable condition.