Woman accidentally sets self on fire

2012-11-24 20:35

Johannesburg – A woman was burnt to death in Paarl in the Western Cape when her clothes, which had petrol on it, caught fire, it was reported on Saturday.

Kelly-Ann Groeneveld, 23, went to drop her mother off at work on Monday when her car ran out of petrol, Beeld reported.

She called her father who brought petrol to replenish the car.

“Kelly-Ann was holding the funnel while I poured the petrol in, when we realised the funnel was leaking,” her father Andrew told the newspaper.

“I told her to go wash the petrol off but she was on a way to a friend’s house.”

When Kelly-Ann climbed out the car at her friend’s house she lit a match and her clothes caught fire.

She was taken to the Paarl Hospital and later taken to Tygerberg Hospital’s burn centre.

Kelly-Ann had third degree burns on her body and hands. She died on Monday night.

– SAPA

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Woman accidentally sets self on fire