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28 March 2024

Woman injured as loo explodes

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By AFP

A Slovenian woman needed hospital treatment for burn injuries on Tuesday after an explosion in a farm toilet believed to have been caused by a build-up of methane, police said.

"When the woman turned on the light there was a sudden explosion, leaving the woman with burn injuries on both arms, hands and her head," a statement from Steiermark state police in southern Austria said.

They said the cause was thought to be a leak of methane from a nearby septic tank that collected inside the toilet cubicle.

A spark from the electrical circuit then caused the gas to explode.