Chef dies after falling into a vat of chicken soup
The chef fell into a vat of soup in a kitchen while cooking for a wedding (stock image). Getty Images/iStockphoto
A chef has died after falling into a vat of soup in the Middle East.
The horrifying accident happened at a wedding venue in Iraq, according to The Independent.
The chef, named as Issa Ismail, was making chicken soup for a wedding party when he slipped and fell into it last month.
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He died five days later in a hospital in the city of Dohuk from 70-degree burns to three quarters of his body, the paper said.
The United Arab Emirates News reported the father of three had been a cook for eight years.
A relative, Zervan Hosni, was quoted in local media saying he earned about $22 a day and cooked for weddings, funerals and other ceremonies.
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