A burns expert has issued a stern warning on why people must stop putting their gas cylinders inside their kitchens. Dr Ayodele Iyun, an expert in burns treatment, has said domestic
burns cases from the explosion of gas cylinders brought to the
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has increased by 50 per cent
in the last two years.
According to Nigerian Tribune, Dr Iyun, the consultant in charge of
the hospital’s burns unit, said the upsurge in domestic burns cases was
linked to people shifting from the use of kerosene to cooking gas.
He declared that in the last two weeks, two women with over 65 per
cent burns had been admitted to the hospital due to gas explosion,
adding “almost every month, we now have at least two major burns cases.”
The expert declared that over 90 per cent of the cases were due to
camping gas cylinders exploding, noting that often only severe burn
cases come to the hospital for treatment, declared that this upsurge in
domestic burns due to gas explosion had also been noticed in other burn
units, especially in the South Western Nigeria.
“Occasionally, we have cases of industrial gas explosion, like
the case that occurred in Eastern Nigeria, but now we are having
terrible incidences of burns from domestic cooking gas crippling into
the South West.
“I can’t say the exact figure, but in terms of burns due to gas
explosion, the increase is almost 50 per cent, especially domestic gas
explosion. In fact, about 90 per cent of them are camp gas cylinder
explosions,” he declared.
He added that the cases were more in women than men, declaring “so, we now have fewer cases of kerosene burns, it is now gas.”
Dr Iyun, stressing the need to prevent this incidence because the
outcome of massive burns was not too good, advised that Nigerians should
desist from keeping gas cylinders in their kitchens.
According to him, “what is now important is education; people
need to be aware of the dangers of using cooking gas. They need to know
how to use it properly. Government must ensure that they are not
supplying faulty gas cylinders. A faulty gas cylinder will most likely
leak and this can lead to an explosion.
“People need to take precautionary measures, especially when
changing cylinders and also to ensure that before they ignite, they make
sure that there is no gas leaks.”
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