Couple in hospital after leaving a gas stove on
By Jia Feishang |
August 13, 2010, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A COUPLE was in hospital when they were poisoned by gas after they left a stove on yesterday in their dilapidated residence in Hongkou District.
The couple, in their 80s, were lying in bed when firefighters broke the windows and crawled into their home on Hongzhen Old Street.
They were taken to Xinhua Hospital.
The woman has almost recovered, but her husband, surnamed Zhou, is still in critical condition, said a doctor at the hospital.
An initial investigation showed the couple had misused an old-style stove as the gas was on when they were rescued.
Neighbors said they called for emergency help as the couple usually gets up at 5am, but no one had seen them by 8am.
"They often forget to turn off the stove," neighbors said.
Meanwhile, a blast blamed on a gas leak swept through a residential building in Changning District on Wednesday night, injuring two people.
A man turned on the kitchen lights, sparking the blast as gas had accumulated in the room due to a leak.
The man was still in a critical condition after suffering burns to 60 percent of his skin.
A woman was cut by broken glass.
"The blast was so loud and shook the whole building like an earthquake," said a neighbor.
More than 20 households had to spend the night at a nearby hotel since power and gas supplies had been cut for safety reasons.
The couple, in their 80s, were lying in bed when firefighters broke the windows and crawled into their home on Hongzhen Old Street.
They were taken to Xinhua Hospital.
The woman has almost recovered, but her husband, surnamed Zhou, is still in critical condition, said a doctor at the hospital.
An initial investigation showed the couple had misused an old-style stove as the gas was on when they were rescued.
Neighbors said they called for emergency help as the couple usually gets up at 5am, but no one had seen them by 8am.
"They often forget to turn off the stove," neighbors said.
Meanwhile, a blast blamed on a gas leak swept through a residential building in Changning District on Wednesday night, injuring two people.
A man turned on the kitchen lights, sparking the blast as gas had accumulated in the room due to a leak.
The man was still in a critical condition after suffering burns to 60 percent of his skin.
A woman was cut by broken glass.
"The blast was so loud and shook the whole building like an earthquake," said a neighbor.
More than 20 households had to spend the night at a nearby hotel since power and gas supplies had been cut for safety reasons.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
