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Nine-Year-Old Boy Dies From Burns After Trash Can Explosion in Beitar Illit

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.

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What happened

01Nine-year-old Eliyahu Azriel died from burns after a trash can exploded outside his school.
02The explosion in Beitar Illit reportedly involved a deodorant can and a burning food can.
03Eliyahu was critically injured and taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
04He was the eighth of ten children and a student at the Neta'ei Meir Talmud Torah.
05ZAKA volunteers cleaned the scene after the tragic incident.

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.

Translated and summarized by baba from Behadrei Haredim, the latest report. Read Behadrei Haredim’s original