Man dies after barrel explodes in Flacq
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Steeven Cattaperman, 38, died on Tuesday 27 October from burns after a barrel exploded in the yard of his home in Camp-Marcelin, Flacq district, Mauritius. His wife Jenissa, also seriously burned, remains in hospital, while Flacq police are investigating the explosion, Defimedia reports.
Steeven Cattaperman, 38, died on Tuesday morning from burns caused by the explosion of a barrel in the yard of his home in Camp-Marcelin, Flacq, according to Defimedia. The accident happened on Monday afternoon as he was preparing to cut the barrel with an angle grinder.
His wife, Jenissa, also suffered serious burns and remains in hospital. The sealed barrel contained a chemical product suspected to be thinner, a solvent, according to the first information reported by Defimedia. The couple, who have three children, were transferred from Flacq Hospital to the intensive care unit for severe burns at Candos Hospital.
Flacq police have opened an investigation to establish the circumstances of the explosion. A relative of the couple accompanied the victims to hospital, while Steeven Cattaperman’s mother-in-law tried to rescue him with a sheet.
The man’s death came the day after an explosion involving a barrel that seriously burned the couple in Flacq, reported on 27 October in the herbicide barrel accident.
