Balloons Sent Four Danes To Hospital

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Balloons Sent Four Danes to Hospital

On the night between Sunday and Monday four Danish students rushed to hospital after a nice evening out on Khao San Road.

By Morten Perregaard

On night in Bangkok ended very unfortunally for four Danish students on a study tour in Thailand.

At 2.30 AM early Monday morning the Nations Police Call Center received a phone call that a blast had occurred at Royal Hotel Bangkok, room 124.

The four students had bought around 30 balloons after spending a nice evening at Khao San Road.

When they arrived at the hotel the balloons went up to the ceiling. That caused a blast whit sparkling fire when the balloons hit a heated lamp, because the balloons were filled with hydrogen instead of oxygen. (???? shouldnt that read helium )the four students suffered 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burn on their back, hands and breast.

Two of the students are now discharged from the hospital while the two remaining Danes will spend another week or two at Vashira Hospital in Bangkok.

The four Danes are among a group of around 30 students from the Engineering College in Aarhus.

Created 2006-10-10

careful when buying those floating balloons for your children , some of the sellers fill them with hydrogen instead of inert helium.