Couple injured in AC blast succumbs to burns in Chennai hosp

Police said that Shanmugam (45) working with the railway police at Chengalapattu railway station was residing at Vakkanampattu village near Jolarpet in Tirupattur with his wife Vetriselvi (40). The couple have a five-year-old daughter Soumiya.

The incident occurred on Saturday night, when the family weresleeping in an AC room and Soumiya wanted to go to the toilet in the early hours of Sunday. She went to the restroom accompanied by her mother when the AC in the room suddenly exploded and Shanmugam’s body caught fire.

On hearing his screams, Vetriselvi rushed back to the bedroom and saw her husband on fire and tried to douse the flames which resulted in her clothes also catching fire.

Hearing their screams, neighbours rushed to their house and admitted them at the Tirupattur government hospital and later moved to the government hospital at Kilpauk in Chennai.

While Shanmugam succumbed to burns on Sunday afternoon, his wife succumbed to her injuries at night. Police registered a case and are investigating.