A MUM has told of the moment an e-bike battery exploded in her living room, sparking a terrifying blaze that wrecked her home.
Mum-of-three Rosie Dobson desperately tried to stamp out the flames that erupted from an unplugged lithium-ion battery that went "off like a firework" at her flat on Saturday, March 15.
Rosie, from Jedburgh, in the Borders, was left in a panic as the hazardous device started to pour out white gas and smoke - an hour after it had been removed from its docking station.
The care home cleaner had been charging the battery for her five-year-old son Dylan's e-bike that was bought as a Christmas present. Luckily, her three children, Alisha, 13, Tyler, 11, and Dylan were not home at the time.
Rosie, 32, told the Record: "It was absolutely horrifying. At first, there was a sort of white gas smell coming from the battery and then it just exploded.
"It kept going off with bang after bang. It was like a firework had gone off.
"I ran out the room to get a tea towel so I could try to lift it and remove it but by that time there were pockets of fire everywhere.
"Flames were shooting out the battery and landing all over the place. My couch ended up on fire and my floor was alight.
"It happened within seconds.
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