Couple badly burned in herbicide drum explosion in Flacq
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
A couple aged 38 and 35 suffered severe burns after a herbicide drum exploded and caught fire in the yard of their home in Camp-Marcelin, Flacq, early on Monday evening. Both victims are in intensive care in critical condition; police have secured the scene and are investigating the circumstances, reports Defimedia.
A couple aged 38 and 35 suffered severe burns on Monday 26 October in the early evening after a herbicide drum exploded in the yard of their home in Camp-Marcelin, Flacq, according to Defimedia. Both victims, who suffered burns across their bodies, are in intensive care in critical condition.
A 21-year-old neighbour took them to SAJ Hospital at around 6pm. They were later transferred to the PMOC burns unit, where they received treatment. Police secured the scene and are investigating the circumstances of the explosion, according to Defimedia.
The accident comes a few days after a 59-year-old man was seriously burned when his mattress caught fire in Mauritius on 19 October, in another domestic accident.
