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Cleaning with Gas kills two

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http://www.jcnet.com.br/detalhe_geral.php?codigo=212846

04/08/2011 Cleaning woman dies in fire

Bruna Dias

He died at 7am yesterday, in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) treatment unit of the State Hospital Burns (HE), Bauru Neuraci Berbel Nunes, 42. She was hospitalized since last Wednesday, when, along with his son, Luiz Henrique Berbel, 24, suffered serious injuries after a large part of the body burned in a fire early. Luiz Henrique died last Sunday.

With 40% of the body burned on account of the accident, Neuraci was admitted to the Burns Care Unit of the HE. According to a spokesperson for the hospital, his wife of 42 years with the aid of breathing apparatus and was sedated. Her son, Luiz Henrique Berbel, 24, had about 60% of body burned.

The accident involving mother and child occurred last Wednesday in the backyard of a house located on court street Quintino Bocaiuva 15, in Bauru. Luiz Henrique Neuraci and worked for a company that provides services and cleaning the property at about 16:30.

The Fire Department Lt. Victor Felix Tozi Bonfim said at the time that workers were using gasoline to clean the floor.

http://www.jcnet.com.br/detalhe_geral.php?codigo=212726

02/08/2011

Young man burned during cleaning house dies in State Hospital

Lilian Grasiela

After four days hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Burns Treatment Unit (burn care unit) State Hospital (HE) in Bauru, Luiz Henrique Berbel, 24, succumbed to his injuries and died at about 23.40 the day before yesterday . Young had 60% of body burned in a fire in the last 26 days, when he and his mother, Neuraci Berbel Nunes, 42, were cleaning a residence in Santa Clara neighborhood, in Bauru. On that occasion, used gasoline and an electric floor polisher. The woman remains hospitalized in serious condition in HE, with 40% of body burned.

As reported by City Paper, the accident occurred at the time that mother and son, who provide cleaning services, working in the yard of a house on 15th Street block Quintino Bocaiuva. At the time, Lt. Fire Department Victor Felix Tozi Bonfim revealed that they used gasoline to clean the floor and that, in passing the waxing of the fuel, probably due to heating equipment, started a fire.

The flames spread and reached the bodies of two victims who were rescued in serious condition at the Emergency Service Center (PSC). After spending the night in place for lack of beds in specialized industry in the late morning of day 27, and Luiz Henrique Neuraci were transferred to the ICU of the Burn Care Unit (burn care unit) of HE. The cause of the fire are being cleared. The body of a young man, who lived in Independence Village, was buried yesterday in the Garden Redeemer Cemetery.

Submitted on 08/05/2011

Submitted by: Werner Augusto Roder Kai
Reference: JCNET - Jornal da Cidade de Bauru - August 02nd and 04th , 2011

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks, Werner, but using gasoline as a cleaning agent is rather common. We have lots of similar stories in the archives with the same disastrous results.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
What Bruce said. Both the gas and the electric stuff.


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