An electric fan was engulfed by flames as residents slept.
Angeline Balangue, her husband and her children were resting in the middle of the night when the stand fan suddenly burst into flames in Manila.
CCTV footage shows the burning appliance spewing sparks and smoke from its overheated motor on August 28.
Balangue’s husband woke to the grinding noise and immediately stood up, frantically calling his wife while grabbing the two-year-old toddler sleeping beside him.
He then ran outside, alarming his other child and his father-in-law.
In a video she posted on TikTok, Balangue shared that everything seems normal before the fan stopped working. She suspected overheating as the culprit.
“Normal night naman pero para akong nananaginip na amoy sunog na wire,” Balangue wrote in the video.
“Sa aming tatlo ako pa naman yung di mapakali pag may kumakaluskos lang. Akala ko bumangon ako para magcheck kung ano yun pero nakapikit pa rin pala ako,” she shared.
“Fuse box yung ibaba ko pero di naman ako yung nakagawa sa taranta namin,” Balangue also said.
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Balangue’s video has so far garnered 1.9 million views, 51,700 likes, 2,190 comments, 3,730 saves.
In an update, she said “no one was hurt from the incident and the fire was immediately extinguished.”
Balangue also advised the public to keep safe.
Electric appliances can overheat due to faulty wiring, poor ventilation, or overworked motors, which may lead to dangerous fires.
— Rosette Adel; Viral Press via Reuters Connect