Ras Al Khaimah: A 63-year-old woman has succumbed to burn injuries sustained when a stove exploded in Ras Al Khaimah.

An official at Ras Al Khaimah Civil Defence said that the incident took place at her house where she lives alone while she was preparing breakfast.

The elderly woman was admitted to the intensive care unit of Saqr Hospital with 95 per cent burns.

Later, as her condition worsened, she was transferred to Al Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi, where she died.