Woman hurt as gas blast wrecks flat

A LIQUEFIED petroleum gas blast scorched a 55-year-old woman's face, arms and legs and wrecked her To Kwa Wan home yesterday.

Shock waves smashed the windows and blew an air-conditioner from its fixtures, dropping it into the street.

Firemen believed the explosion was caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak in the kitchen of a third-floor flat in Wan Hing Street.

A small fire broke out following the blast, which happened shortly after 11 am, as Lee Kwai-ngor was preparing a meal and trying to turn on the stove. The blaze was doused with buckets of water.

Officers from the Gas Standards Office were investigating the leak.

The woman was listed in fair condition in Queen Elizabeth Hospital.