Heat pipeline rupture in Karaganda: three hospitalized with burns

KARAGANDA. KAZINFORM A heat pipeline ruptured in Karaganda severely injuring three men.

One of them, a 30-year-old man, was rushed to hospital in serious condition with deep skin burns involving 50% of the body surface in a burn shock, the healthcare department said. Another two men, aged 46 and 27, suffered deep burns over 18% and 12% of the total body surface area correspondingly.

As earlier reported, 800 high-rise buildings in Karaganda were switched to the degraded heat supply mode as a result of the underground heat pipeline burst.