North Rhine-Westphalia: Cordless hedge trimmer catches fire: Senior dies in the clinic

Wadersloh-Diestedde (dpa / lnw) - Two days after a fire in a barn on a farm in the district of Warendorf, a 79-year-old man died of his serious injuries.

North Rhine-Westphalia: Cordless hedge trimmer catches fire: Senior dies in the clinic

Wadersloh-Diestedde (dpa / lnw) - Two days after a fire in a barn on a farm in the district of Warendorf, a 79-year-old man died of his serious injuries. He died in the hospital on Wednesday evening, the police said on Thursday. The cause of the fire on Monday was a technical defect in a garden tool.

The pensioner was working in the barn when a battery-powered hedge trimmer caught fire. A witness had provided first aid and made an emergency call. The senior was initially taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.