Wednesday 13 June 2012

A housewife dies due to burn sustained in the kitchen

A housewife died due to burns sustained in the kitchen. Her husband too was hospitalized for injuries due to burns while trying to rescue his wife. How it happened: The gas stove was on and cooking under process. The lady observed some cockroaches near the sink and grabbed a can of insect killer and sprayed it near the gas stove, which was on. There was an explosion and in no time the poor woman was covered in flames, sustaining 65% burns.

Her husband rushed in, tried to douse the flames and his clothes too caught fire. The husband is still in hospital, in the burns ward, still unaware that his wife was declared dead on arrival. Let us understand:- All insect killer sprays such as "Hit", "Mortein" etc. have highly volatile and inflammable solvents.
 The atomized nano spray particles spread extremely rapidly and one spark is enough to ignite this explosive mixture with oxygen present in air.

Did the poor lady realize the hazard involved? Apparently not! Please educate your family about this and spread the word around.... Who knows you may save more than a life!

This was sent to me on my blackberry, thought I share it with you

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is so sad, i myself didnt know ds can occur,i only thought is when u have gas cylinder that is is likely2 happen, poor woman,may soul rest in peace

Mr.Nwachukwu said...

God bless u for d work u r doing,there is no time i visit ur blog i dont learn sth new, this is a very vital imformation.It easy to criticise d woman but we sometime 4get,d other day,I was in my kitchen& i realised d maid mistakenly turned d cooker on while cleaning it,&4got to switch it off from d body of d cylinder which is a routine, i screamed at her,never in her life shld she 4get sth like that, i made my point of duty to chk it bf i go to bed. Kitchen accidents can be so d little things one dont expect.
May her soul rest in peace,God grant the husband the peace and comfort,amen

Anonymous said...

I dont mean to sound like d typical African man, but i hate to say this os black from d village,dey don curse d man from village....wich kind dirty cocroach

Veronica said...

O!my God,but shld have known otherwise,if had left d cocroach till she was done cooking ds wont have happened,my her soul RIP

Anonymous said...

I've send it, it is voodoo, u think im joking

Anonymous said...

I've said it,is voodoo,black magic,juju,u think im joking,dose wicked people from d villiage has located that family

Nkiru said...

I learnt ds a long time ago when i was serving in one of ds eatries,we were thought that insecticides are flamable,it written on the body of d spry, even somebody spray

Anonymous said...

Its unfortunate

obi said...

The man shldnt be informed yet abt his wife death to him untill he recovers or else he too 'll die from d shock of her death

Anonymous said...

Ds gave me flash back abt 8yrs ago,in our village, my uncle and his wife came to d village from d city to spend 2weeks holiday,d very day they were going back that morning d wife rushed to prepare breakfast bf departure unknowly 2 d lamp in d kitchen had tripped and fellon d floor&had left spill of kerosine on d floor,as she lite d gas cooker d kitchen went on blaze,d husband hearing her scream jumped right into d fire to rescue her, he died in d process,while d wife had 30%burn or so not so sure,but she survived after mths of lying in d hospital4 treatment,I totally understand ds scenerio,its a pity, may d same God who have helped my uncle's wife to survive till ds day help him to in Jesus name,Amen
She was not told abt d death of her husband immediately, she was asking and asking,we all came up with lies that he was in another room in d hospital receiving treatment,until he recovered to a certain degree bf we broke d sad news to her,with families gathering around her& doctors present.

Anonymous said...

But why do people have gas cylinders in there kitchen, after all d publicied advert everywhere

Anonymous said...

The position of gas cylinder is not d problem in ds case,she sprayed an insecticide while d gas was on...durrr!

Anonymous said...

Insteading of pointing fingers & saying she would have done ds or that,lets learn from ds and pass d information around.

Anonymous said...

Its not easy,God protect us

Anonymous said...

May soul rest in peace,God help and heal d man of his burn

Anonymous said...

One more internet hoax , the same version of story is floating across atleast 3 countries that I know off. Please verify authenticity of such mails