TASHKENT, Mar 29 (NNN-UzA) – Four family members have died from burn injuries, after a gas explosion in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan, local authorities said yesterday.
The explosion occurred due to improper use of heating furnace, on Mar 17, inflicting burn injuries to an old couple and their two grandchildren, in the Kattakurgan district of Samarkand, the district prosecutor office said.
Despite intensive care in hospital, all four patients died in the past two days.
An investigation is being carried out, said the office.