This is a shocking episode that happened on 13th May 2011 in Pune. This may be a good, useful lesson in safety for all of us.
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 repellent 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 repellents such as "Hit", "Mortein", etc. have highly volatile and inflammable solvents. The atomised nano spray particles spread extremely rapidly and one spark is enough to ignite this explosive mixture with oxygen present in the air.
Did the poor lady realize the hazard involved? Apparently not!
Please educate all about this and.... who knows you may save more than a life...
From India, Bangalore
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783A 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 repellent 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 repellents such as "Hit", "Mortein", etc. have highly volatile and inflammable solvents. The atomised nano spray particles spread extremely rapidly and one spark is enough to ignite this explosive mixture with oxygen present in the air.
Did the poor lady realize the hazard involved? Apparently not!
Please educate all about this and.... who knows you may save more than a life...
From India, Bangalore
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Dear SRB,
Thank you for recalling the above-mentioned eye-opening message. Mr. Dipil has already posted the same at https://www.citehr.com/344088-beware...important.html. Nonetheless, I appreciate you sharing it.
Keep on sharing.
Kind regards, [Your Name]
From United States, Fpo
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Thank you for recalling the above-mentioned eye-opening message. Mr. Dipil has already posted the same at https://www.citehr.com/344088-beware...important.html. Nonetheless, I appreciate you sharing it.
Keep on sharing.
Kind regards, [Your Name]
From United States, Fpo
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Thanks for sharing helpful information. I really appreciated this post.
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