00:00Four people have died this year in incidents allegedly linked to gas tank explosions.
00:06Bebon Joseph, 28 years old. Raquel Babwa, 44 years old. Naomi Demil, age 19. And of course Rhea, 47.
00:21In the case of Rhea George, she was hospitalized on August 13th with burns to 80% of her body
00:27before she passed away on September 27th.
00:30Her husband, Rakesh George, has approached attorneys Prakash Ramada and Ted Rupnarain.
00:37Ramada notes the seriousness of the series of incidents and says George's death will not be swept under the carpet.
00:44We have already taken steps. First of all, to get permission from the court for him to be recognized
00:51as the administrator had liked him on behalf of his beloved wife, Rhea.
01:00That has already been done as the legal team proceeds with step two.
01:05If they have applied through the freedom of information to the chief fire officer, to the reporter,
01:11and to N.P. for information on these accidents as to what information they have in relation to the investigative reports.
01:25So we have already started the process to find the cause of this thing, in particular from Mr. George and his family.
01:35After examining the regulator on his own gas tank on Friday, Ramada noticed something of concern.
01:43There is no UL listing on this.
01:47There is no certification from any state agency or any lab, from Kariri, from Consumer Affairs, or anything.
01:57I asked state agencies whether any effort has been made over the years to ensure that these regulators, if they are imported, that they all meet minimum requirements.
02:13Ramada says companies that manufacture LPG tanks should have a say in the quality of regulators for the market.
02:19He notes that health warnings are legislatively placed on packs of cigarettes and suggests that the same should apply to gas tanks.
02:28Gas tanks are far more deadly.
02:33Cumulatively, cigarettes maybe.
02:35But the immediacy of the danger is real.
02:38And we've had it now in terms of these deaths.
02:42So we make a call.
02:43We are lawyers, yes, but we are citizens first.
02:45It's immediately for the gas companies to label their tanks on the tanks themselves, to print on it the warning that if one should smell gas or there's even a suspicion of gas, immediately not use it and how to deal with it.
02:59Ramada says gas companies who profit off their customers have a greater responsibility than they have been taking in ensuring the safe use of their products.
03:07The next steps will depend on the information received through the Freedom of Information requests now before NP and being prepared for the Chief Fire Officer and Ramco.
03:18Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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