Woman injured in cooking gas cylinder blast dies


GEORGE TOWN: A woman who was seriously injured in an explosion involving a cooking gas cylinder in her home at the sixth floor of Taman Sri Bayu Flats, Jalan Kampung Bukit, Bayan Lepas near here on Thursday (Feb 23) has died in Penang Hospital here on Saturday (Feb 25).

Security guard, Sarimah Abdul Rahman, 55, died at 4.19pm, and her death was confirmed by her only child, Hafizan Sulaiman, 35.

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