Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Family killed in Cambodia house fire

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
19 April 2006


A Cambodian couple and their four-year-old son have died after a gas cooker exploded and set their house on fire, near the capital, Phnom Penh.

Police say the fire broke out while a 25-year-old mother was cooking rice at home.

They say a small gas cooker exploded, killing the mother and son while the 36-year-old husband slipped on the floor and hit his head as he was trying to save them.

Police say he also died.

Another man who tried to rescue the family was seriously burned.

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