Cooks are internal in the burn unit

Two cooks of the 18 affected by the explosion in a freiduría Azua remain entered in the burn unit of the hospital Luis Eduardo Aybar (Morgan) of the capital, with second-degree burns surface.

While other four patients, of the seven that were moved from Azua to Morgan, were examined and dispatched to be evaluated on an outpatient basis, that they received only Burns between five and 15 per cent of their bodies.

Information is offered by the director of the burn unit of the Morgan, Enrique Jiménez Then, who explained that another patient is under observation at the Morgan, that for the moment, his internment in this specialized unit was not considered necessary.

He said that the admitted in the burn unit Mercedes Stephan, 52-year-old and Maricela Lopez, of 33 years, those with 35 and 30 per cent, respectively, of the body surface burned.

"Both arms are burned" u000a"altogether, because these two people working directly in the fire", added Jiménez Then. The specialist clarified that these patients still do not have defined the extent of his injuries, because to do so you have to wait about 72 hours and sometimes with the passing of the days will deepen more.

The burns are part of a group of 18 people who were affected with the explosion of two gas cylinders in a freiduría in the city of Azua, including four members of the Corps of firefighters from the town.

The incident occurred due to the explosion of a tank of gas in the freiduría Yessica, where were burned the said number of people, customers and employees.

Six people were hospitalized in the Regional Taiwan of Azua hospital, while another seven were transferred to the Morgan, among them members of the fire brigade.

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