Weekly meet saves Emirati family from gas cylinder blast

An Asian housemaid in her forties sustained serious burns and injuries in a gas cylinder explosion caused by a mouse that gnawed at the cylinder’s tube at a UAE family’s home in Asfi area, south of Ras Al Khaimah, last Friday.

- Adnan Okasha, Staff Reporter

According to Musbeh Mohammed Al Yaleili, a resident of the house located in the mountainous area, 96 kilometres south of Ras Al Khaimah City, divine Providence saved the family members from the accident while they were at their late grandfather's home in the same area, where they used to meet with their mother, as per their weekly custom on Fridays.

However, the family members are in pain, grieving for the housemaid and worried for her safety, given the seriousness of her condition, he said.