A man and his 18-month-old son are nursing burns about their bodies after a coal pot exploded as the father was about to cook dog food at their home at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara on Monday.
Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Madramootoo and his son, Alex, are being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to information received, Madramootoo, a security guard attached to the Signature Hotel in Queenstown, Georgetown, was about to start cooking the dog food in the yard, with his son close by when the incident occurred. He reportedly used gasoline to start the fire and when he scratched the first match, the entire area exploded.
Little Alex received burns to his head, back, and face, while his father was severely burnt on his legs.
At the Madramootoo’s home, his reputed wife, Iyanaha Fernandes, explained that she was in the bedroom feeding her other child when she heard screams. As she ran out, the woman saw the injuries incurred as a result of the fire.
She said that they were immediately rushed to the hospital. In tears, Fernandes disclosed that the father of her children would cook food for the dogs in the yard, but on the day in question, he ran out of the kerosene that he would use to light the coal pot, so he apparently used gasoline.
Hospital officials confirmed that the man and his son were taken to the medical facility about 14: 00h and were being treated for first degree burns. The child, the official disclosed, is in a more serious state and is being monitored.
