Swedish couple electrocuted in shower in Krabi

[elem]

A Swedish couple were killed in Thailand at the weekend after being electrocuted in the shower of their hotel on the island of Krabi.
The 25-year-old man and the 23-year-old woman had decided to take a shower together on Saturday evening, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported.

Friends staying in the next room rushed in to the couple's room after hearing a scream.
"One of the friends ran in, but found both of them dead. When she tried to revive her friend, she received an electric shock," a family friend told the newspaper.
The Swedish foreign ministry has confirmed the deaths.
According to a representative with the Swedish embassy in Bangkok, one theory the police are investigating is that the hotel room shower somehow became electrified.
The four Swedish travellers, were at the start of what was to be a month-long trek throughout Asia.
Following the accident, however, the second couple has decided to come back to Sweden.

According to Aftonbladet, the accident isn't the first time that Swedish tourists have been killed in Thailand by an electrified shower.
In 2007, a 34-year-old man from the Stockholm area died after being electrocuted in his hotel shower in a resort in Patong.

[buksida]

Sad story, not the first or last time it will happen though.

Now if Thai electricians knew what the green earth cable was for and properly rated circuit breaker is ...

[Spitfire]

Yeah, the electricity situation here is a dangerous shambles, be afraid and careful of it, look no further than the black wire spagetti poles in the street. Read one time that more Thai electricians get toasted than soldiers die each year. It's also quite common to hear about the normal Thais being electricuted in their homes, especially just after having a shower and flicking a light switch.

[hhfarang]

on the island of Krabi

Island? I've been there by auto before and don't remember crossing a bridge or taking a ferry.

Anyway, yes, the danger of electrical shock is very real here as I found out a couple of days ago. Electricians here, as far as I know, (as well as electrical appliance installers who deal with electrical equipment) are not licensed and do not have to have any particular education or training to go into the field. All you can do is be aware and careful.