Nine-Year-Old Boy Dies From Burns After Trash Can Explosion in Beitar Illit
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
A nine-year-old boy, Eliyahu Azriel, died from severe burns and trauma after a trash can exploded outside his school in Beitar Illit. The explosion, which reportedly involved a deodorant can, sent a burning food can striking the child. He was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where he was pronounced dead. Eliyahu was the eighth of ten children and attended the Neta'ei Meir Talmud Torah. His funeral was scheduled for late Tuesday night.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Nine-year-old Eliyahu Azriel died from burns after a trash can exploded outside his school.
- The explosion in Beitar Illit reportedly involved a deodorant can and a burning food can.
- Eliyahu was critically injured and taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
- He was the eighth of ten children and a student at the Neta'ei Meir Talmud Torah.
- ZAKA volunteers cleaned the scene after the tragic incident.
A nine-year-old boy, Eliyahu Azriel, has died from his injuries after a trash can containing a deodorant can exploded near his school in Beitar Illit. The incident occurred as Eliyahu and his brother were leaving their cheder (religious school) on Ndvurna Street, heading home. A burning trash can outside the cheder reportedly exploded, and a burning food can flew out, striking Eliyahu and causing severe burns and multi-system trauma. He was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where doctors pronounced him dead. Eliyahu, a fourth-grader at the Neta'ei Meir Talmud Torah, was the eighth of ten children. His funeral was scheduled for 11:30 PM at the Sephardic funeral home on Har HaMenuchot.
ZAKA volunteers cleaned the scene following the incident.
