Loving husband in China dies from severe burn injuries week after tightly grasping wife as their flat burned
- A viral video from last week showed the man clinging to his wife on a balcony as the flat burned inside
- The couple was reportedly happily married and had three children together
A man who was filmed clinging tightly to his wife on a balcony while their flat burned on March 13 died on Tuesday morning after suffering severe burns to nearly 100 per cent of his body, according to the woman’s sister.
Wang Linlin, the wife’s sister, told the South China Morning Post that the wife is in stable condition but still has to undergo additional surgeries because 96 per cent of her body was burned.
“She is conscious and can communicate with us by nodding or shaking her head, but she still cannot talk,” she said.
Wang was on the balcony because she had been stuck in the bedroom when the fire started and climbed out the window to escape on to the balcony. Chen, who was already there, grabbed her but kept her hanging outside the balcony away from the blaze, said a witness.
