Bavaria: gas cartridge bursts: mother and child seriously injured

Hof (dpa / lby) - A mother and her toddler suffered severe burns in a room fire in Hof in Upper Franconia.

Bavaria: gas cartridge bursts: mother and child seriously injured

Hof (dpa / lby) - A mother and her toddler suffered severe burns in a room fire in Hof in Upper Franconia. They were flown to specialist clinics, police said. According to initial findings, the 38-year-old woman changed a gas cartridge in the kitchen of her apartment on Saturday morning.

The cartridge burst explosively for reasons that have not yet been clarified. According to the information, the resulting jet of flame set parts of the furniture on fire and injured the mother and the one-year-old son. When the fire brigade arrived, flames were shooting out of the kitchen window on the first floor of the terraced house.

The fire was quickly extinguished, it said. There is no danger to life for mother and child. According to the police, the other residents of the house were able to get to safety on their own and were unharmed.