China husband suffers 90% burns in kitchen gas blast, returns to save wife, dies later
Heroic husband dies from multiple organ failure as son struggles to tell mother of his father’s tragic demise
After suffering severe burns to more than 90 per cent of his body in a kitchen explosion, a husband in China heroically returned to his burning home to save his wife only to tragically pass away later.
His act of profound love and bravery has deeply moved countless people on mainland social media.
The incident took place on October 10 in Luoyang, Henan province, central China, when the man, surnamed Liu, was preparing breakfast with his wife and tried to use the stove.
A trending online video captured the moment that the kitchen was engulfed by a massive fireball from an explosion.
The blast tore off Liu’s clothes and violently propelled him out of the room.
“We never expected the gas to leak. When the explosion occurred, all the kitchen windows and doors were blown out, and my dad was the closest to the fire,” recounted Liu’s son, who had only worked for a year after graduating from university, in an interview with Elephant News.
