Woman dies from severe burns

Α 38-year-old woman died from severe burns she suffered when a fire erupted on Saturday in her house at Aghios Haralambis settlement on Zakynthos island (Ionian Sea).

According to information a plastic canister containing gasoline caught fire for reasons as yet unknown. The woman’s 19-year-old son attempted to remove the burning canister but both became trapped in the blaze in the house’s corridor.

Mother and son were transferred to Zakynthos hospital with severe burns. The woman, who was in critical condition due to third and fourth degree burns, was transferred to an Athens hospital where she died late Sunday.