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Scooter Explosion Injures Four-Month-Old Baby in Valencia’s Paterna

The baby is receiving care at Hospital La Fe, with officials probing scooter battery safety after a late-May fire injured two people.

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Imagen de archivo de personal sanitario en el Hospital La Fe de Valencia

Overview

  • A scooter exploded inside a home in Paterna around 1 p.m., causing first-degree burns on the baby’s right arm and leg and second-degree burns on the right lower leg.
  • Centro de Información y Coordinación de Urgencias teams and a SAMU unit transported the infant to Valencia’s Hospital La Fe for specialist treatment.
  • In Chelva’s Ruta del Agua a 20-year-old hiker suffered a suspected tibia fracture and was airlifted by a fire helicopter to the Hospital de Lliria.
  • A 74-year-old motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a car in Segorbe and is now being treated at the Hospital de Sagunto.
  • Authorities reviewed battery safety after a late-May scooter fire in Valencia injured two people.