Teen Kitchen Apprentice Dies After Guatapará Restaurant Explosion as Police Probe Cause

Overview

• The blast occurred around lunchtime Saturday at a small restaurant on Avenida dos Jacarandás in Guatapará, São Paulo.
• Ana Beatriz Amancio Bibo, 17, a kitchen apprentice, suffered severe burns, was treated in the burn unit at Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto, and died Sunday night.
• The restaurant owner’s wife, Hellen Caroline Duarte da Silva, sustained burns to her hands and arms, was hospitalized, and has been discharged.
• A police incident report describes a microwave exploding beside a flammable liquid, while the Civil Police are investigating alternate accounts involving a rechaud.
• Local volunteers from a nearby motoclub used extinguishers, cut power, and helped contain the flames before Samu transported the injured, and the funeral was held Monday in Guatapará.