They say that you shouldn’t sleep with your electronics plugged in next to you for safety reasons, but for many this has become the norm. After all it’s convenient especially since our phones can also double up as alarm clocks. However in the case of Katy Emslie, she had an EE Power Bar plugged into her laptop when she was sleeping.Unfortunately for her, the power bar exploded and rocketed across the room and under her bed where it started a fire. Naturally Emslie did what any person would do, which is try to put out the fire but in the process she sustained some burns to her hand (see photo above). Emslie stated that this resulted in her having to spend at least 5 hours in the hospital.
According to Emslie, it seems that despite the burns to her hand, the situation could have been much worse. “My hands smelt of firework, my clothes smelt of firework, my hair smelt of firework. My pillow has black soot on it, so it obviously went past my pillow and missed my head by about six inches. It could have landed on my bed and I might not even be here.”
The folks at EE have since responded to the incident, calling it an isolated incident and are working with Emslie to resolve it. “We’re sorry to hear about Ms. Emslie’s experience. All of our products undergo stringent safety tests. This is an isolated incident and we’re in contact with the customer to investigate the cause of this issue as a matter of urgency.”