A medical
student has suffered serious burns after her phone charger exploded and set her
bedroom on fire while she slept.
Twenty-six
years old Katy Emslie, was using her laptop to recharge a portable EE power bar
at her home in the UK when the charger shot out 'like a firework' and flew
across the room.
She said……….
'I was
charging my EE power bar through my Mac computer overnight and at I was woken
up by something which sounded like a firework at around 1 am.'The power bar had
exploded up the wall and flames began spreading around my bedroom.
'I was
screaming for my mum who was in the next room, I tried patting the flames out
with my hand because I was worried that the fire could spread underneath and
set my bed alight.
My mum came
through with a towel and put out the flames while I ran through and ran my hand
under the cold water tap.'
Ms Emslie was
then taken to A&E where medics spent hours treating her burns.
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