Pressure cooker explosion kills 1 person, injures 4

At around 8:00 a.m. on January 17, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Toan (47 years old, residing in Binh Trung 1 village, Van Binh commune, Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa) was releasing the water valve of a pressure cooker used to make rice paper when the pot suddenly exploded, killing Mr. Toan on the spot.

Four other people, including Truong Thi Bich Lieu (Mr. Toan's wife), Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Pham Anh Quoc and Vo Duy Hung (all working for Mr. Toan's family) were injured and had to be taken to the emergency room.

Scene of the explosion.

The pressure cooker Mr. Toan used was about 1.5m high, more than 1m in diameter, and was old. When the incident happened, the sound of the pressure cooker exploding was like a bomb, many people sitting in the house fell backwards.

At the scene, Mr. Toan's family's rice paper factory was almost completely collapsed, many surrounding houses had broken walls and bricks and tiles scattered.

The local government has supported 1 million VND for the deceased and 500,000 VND for the injured.

According to Hanoi Moi