PENDANG (Bernama): A housewife was seriously injured in both legs and arms after being hit by tile splinters when lightning struck the kitchen of her house in Kampung Kuala Rimau near here Friday (May 31) night. In the 9.15pm incident, the victim, Maznah Awang Pa, 47, was in the kitchen cooking for the next day's sahur (pre-dawn meal). According to the victim's husband, Azizan Mad Desa, 52, his wife was standing near a tile cabinet when lightning struck and a rice cooker near the cabinet exploded, resulting in several pieces of tile splinters landing on his wife. "The lightning triggered a blackout in the house and in the darkness, I could only hear my wife crying for help. The injured woman was later sent to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB) in Alor Setar for treatment and there were no other casualties in the incident.

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 10:30 UTC