Robert
March 28th, 2009, 03:52 PM
See http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090327/canada/canada_britishcolumbia_bc_vacuum_burns_electrolux
VANCOUVER (CBC) - A woman is recovering from third-degree burns to her left palm after the cordless vacuum she was using to clean the stairs in her Richmond, B.C., home exploded in her hands earlier this week.
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"I almost reached the third floor, and the vacuum explode all of a sudden," Fiona Du said. "My hand was the first thing to receive the explosion power."
The battery of the Electrolux vacuum expanded and burst without warning, creating a force so intense it reshaped the ring on her finger. The explosion also embedded a quarter-sized piece of the vacuum in the wall of Du's house.
VANCOUVER (CBC) - A woman is recovering from third-degree burns to her left palm after the cordless vacuum she was using to clean the stairs in her Richmond, B.C., home exploded in her hands earlier this week.
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"I almost reached the third floor, and the vacuum explode all of a sudden," Fiona Du said. "My hand was the first thing to receive the explosion power."
The battery of the Electrolux vacuum expanded and burst without warning, creating a force so intense it reshaped the ring on her finger. The explosion also embedded a quarter-sized piece of the vacuum in the wall of Du's house.