Mum loses everything after cheap Temu tablet sparked devastating house fire
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum has lost everything after a cheap tablet device burst into flames and burnt down her home.Natalie McNeill, 44, was in her flat in Greenock with her two-year-old daughter Melanie when blaze broke out at around 8.30pm on Thursday, January 4.The fire started after the tablet - which she had recently purchased from budget website Temu - set her bed alight.
The mum-of-three said her home has now been destroyed and all her belongings have been lost.Natalie explained: “It was horrifying.
I’m still traumatised by it. I was downstairs taking down my Christmas tree when it happened.“Thankfully I had picked Melanie up and taken her downstairs with me.
All of a sudden, my smoke alarm started going off, then I started to hear crackling coming from upstairs.“My neighbour Jade was in the house and I screamed at her to grab Melanie as I started running up the stairs.“I ran over to where the Temu tablet had been sitting but by that time there were flames shooting out of the bed.“I tried to smother the fire with a blanket but it was spreading too fast.
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