A chef died after falling into a gigantic vat of chicken soup he was cooking for a wedding
- A chef working a wedding in Iraq last week slipped and fell into a vat of boiling-hot chicken soup.
- The cook was catering a wedding party, a task for which he was said to be paid about $17 daily.
- The 25-year-old sustained serious burns on 70% of his body and died in the hospital five days later.
Preparations for a wedding took a horrific turn after a cook for the big day fell into a vat of chicken soup and died from severe burns.
According to a report from the local news outlet Middle East In-24, Issa Ismail, 25, was one of the chefs catering a wedding dinner at the Hazel Hall, one of the biggest wedding venues in the northeastern Iraqi district of Zakho.
While cooking, he slipped and fell into a gigantic pot of chicken soup that was being prepared for the occasion. It is not uncommon for large vats of soup to be prepared in Middle Eastern weddings, which typically host hundreds of people.
Ismail suffered third-degree burns on 70% of his body and succumbed to his injuries five days later in the local Dohuk Hospital, per a report from the local media outlet Al Bawaba.
According to the Saudi news outlet Arab News, members of his family spoke with the TV network Rudaw, saying Ismail was a father of two daughters and a 6-month-old son.
"He has been working as a cook for eight years, where he cooked food at wedding parties, funerals, and various ceremonies. For the last two years he has been working in party halls for 25,000 dinars (around $17) per day," a relative identified as Zervan Hosni said during a Rudaw broadcast.