Vendor Hurt After Improvised Stove Exploded

A 60-year-old vendor is in critical condition after an “improvised” stove exploded on her face while preparing her fried chicken business early morning Monday in Sitio Sangi, Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City.

Police said fried chicken vendor Leticia Vergara, was manually pumping her already-lit gas stove when it exploded. Authorities said the stove’s hose caught fire first and spread through the gas-filled tank resulting to a deafening explosion.

Vergara’s house was partially eaten by the fire.

The victim was rushed to the Talisay District Hospital but was later on transferred to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center due to her critical condition.