Boy electrocuted in bed
By Claire Wang |
January 20, 2011, Thursday
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A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was electrocuted and his mother suffered severe burns when using a substandard electric blanket.
The accident happened in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, after the mother, Cao Xueping, forgot to switch off the blanket before she went to sleep, Sanxiang City Express reported yesterday.
Cao woke on January 17 with her legs numb and the boy dead beside her.
She is being treated in hospital for burns. A doctor said she was out of danger but still faced the possibility of complications such as kidney failure, the report said.
Cao's husband, Xie Dawen, who had been away on a business trip, told the newspaper: "The electric blanket must have caused the accident. We will fight for our rights."
The blanket, from a producer in Hebei Province, had been listed as a substandard product by Jiangxi Province authorities in 2008 because the cross-sectional area of the cable was too small, the report said.
That would increase electrical resistance, causing overheating and even fire, an official with Changsha's power bureau told the newspaper.
The accident happened in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, after the mother, Cao Xueping, forgot to switch off the blanket before she went to sleep, Sanxiang City Express reported yesterday.
Cao woke on January 17 with her legs numb and the boy dead beside her.
She is being treated in hospital for burns. A doctor said she was out of danger but still faced the possibility of complications such as kidney failure, the report said.
Cao's husband, Xie Dawen, who had been away on a business trip, told the newspaper: "The electric blanket must have caused the accident. We will fight for our rights."
The blanket, from a producer in Hebei Province, had been listed as a substandard product by Jiangxi Province authorities in 2008 because the cross-sectional area of the cable was too small, the report said.
That would increase electrical resistance, causing overheating and even fire, an official with Changsha's power bureau told the newspaper.
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