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Rakesh George never thought the stories he heard about leaking domestic gas tanks would one day become his own tragedy. Now, after losing his wife, supermarket supervisor Ria George, weeks after suffering burns during an explosion in their kitchen, he wants the gas company to take responsibility.
Forty-seven-year-old Ria had been warded at the San Fernando General Hospital since the incident, and on Saturday passed away around 11 am.
Recalling the fateful day in August, he said that around 5 am, his wife woke up to prepare lunch for them to take to work. They both worked at MS Food City Supermarket.
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