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Mbada Diamonds electricians burnt, rescued after six hours
27 Feb 2016 at 08:27hrs | Views
TWO Mbada Diamonds workers suffered serious burns after a broken generator they were working on burst into flames on Tuesday night.
The two are identified as Wadzanayi Nicasio Musemburi, an electrician, and Simango Mutape, a mechanic assistant.
Musemburi told NewsDay that he was "called by a female police boss on Tuesday at midnight who said that they were afraid of staying in the dark in the workshop. The generator was failing to start, but they ordered that we should make it work. I took with me two mechanics to assist me."
"I got injured worse because I was so close. We were trying to operate a generator which was failing to start as there was no electricity. But it then returned and everything went horribly wrong when we tried to change over."
"There were sparks and the flashes burnt my face, chest and hands. I had to lie in agony for almost six hours as there was no one to help me. I had left my phone in my car and the assistant mechanic was in a similar predicament."
The two are identified as Wadzanayi Nicasio Musemburi, an electrician, and Simango Mutape, a mechanic assistant.
Musemburi told NewsDay that he was "called by a female police boss on Tuesday at midnight who said that they were afraid of staying in the dark in the workshop. The generator was failing to start, but they ordered that we should make it work. I took with me two mechanics to assist me."
"I got injured worse because I was so close. We were trying to operate a generator which was failing to start as there was no electricity. But it then returned and everything went horribly wrong when we tried to change over."
"There were sparks and the flashes burnt my face, chest and hands. I had to lie in agony for almost six hours as there was no one to help me. I had left my phone in my car and the assistant mechanic was in a similar predicament."
Source - Chronicle
