Water heater kills man

A 55-YEAR-OLD man died yesterday after being electrocuted by an old-style water heater as he was about to take a shower in his Ma Tau Wai Estate home.

The naked man, surnamed Cheung, was found in the bathroom with his left hand gripping the shower hose when his 26-year-old daughter returned home at around 2pm.

He was believed to have died more than 10 hours beforehand.

An inspector from China Light & Power said Cheung would have been saved had the water heater been connected to the building's short-circuit protection system.

The dead man's daughter said the water heater had been short-circuiting.

Cheung lived with his daughter and grandson.