Boyfriend in her 20s can't forgive her for 90% body burn due to bicycle battery explosion
Apr 22, 2025
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Du Junhao (22), a junior at Wuhan City University in Hubei Province, China, suffered a terrible fire accident last summer, according to the Hong Kong media South China Morning Post.
The electric bicycle battery in the house exploded, causing a fire.
Lee Ja-jun, a friend who lived together in a rental apartment, rented an electric bicycle for 300 yuan (about 58,000 won) per month and worked as a delivery driver.
Doo warned Lee that charging his battery at home was dangerous, but he couldn't break his friend's insistence.
One day last summer at 6 a.m., a battery on charge caught fire and emitted smoke along with toxic gases.
Lee, who was sleeping near the front door of the apartment, quickly ran out leaving his friend behind.
Surveillance camera footage from the hallway of the apartment at the time shows Li running toward the fire extinguisher and returning to close the door while the two are still inside.
I was stuck in the flames for half an hour when I left the door locked.
This left him in critical condition for a while, with 90% of his body burned and his airways damaged. I also had to amputate two fingers of my left hand due to the burn.
Du, who celebrated his 22nd birthday this month, broke his silence and said he would never forgive Li.
He said "My parents had to borrow money from all over the place to save me, and they donated their skin."
He has endured 12 skin grafts in the last 10 months and his father has had five operations for skin grafts.
The two families have so far had to spend 2.8 million yuan (about 550 million won) on his medical and other living expenses.
The family received a total of 2.6 million yuan in donations from the online community, but the parents said they could not keep asking people for money.
The family filed a lawsuit against Lee and the battery maker of the electric bike to no avail.
Lee's family compensated only 10,000 yuan (about 1.96 million won) to the two family members, claiming that they were too poor to give more.
Lee was detained on charges of manslaughter with serious injuries. Under Chinese law, the crime can carry up to three years in prison.
Du thought about giving up his life, but he changed his mind when he saw his parents' sacrifice.
Having said "My life is not just mine," he is currently being treated at a Chinese scar treatment center.
He hopes his skin will recover as soon as possible and dreams of using his laptop again.
I also hope to take college graduation photos this spring.
The parents said, `As long as our son is alive, we will take care of him to the end," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
