Safety Awareness

A good reminder to share with your family, friends and colleagues...

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 still in hospital in the burns ward, was 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 spary particles spread extremely rapidly and one spark is enough to ignite this explosive mixture with oxygen 

present in air. Did the poor lady realise the hazard involved? Apparently not! 
Please educate your family about this and spread the word around.... who knows you may save more than a life….