HORNETS can be very dangerous especially if you are allergic to their stings. Although rare, deaths sometimes occur from hornet stings and apparently one death did occur recently in Sarawak.
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According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department, an elderly man was found dead at Taman Bulatan Miri on Saturday (Nov 26) after being stung by a swarm of hornets.
A spokesman for the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department’s operations centre said that the male victim was identified as Chin Tet Min @ Chin Tet Bui, 72.
He said the department received a call at 2.57pm and a team from the Miri Sentral fire station (BBP) was immediately dispatched to the scene.
"The operations commander reported that an elderly male victim was found unconscious, surrounded by a swarm of hornets," he said in a statement Saturday.
He said that a hornet’s nest was found on a nearby tree and firefighters removed the victim by using special protective clothing.
