{"id":236199,"date":"2023-09-19T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=236199"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:41:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:41:42","slug":"collection-of-deodorant-causes-giant-explosion-nearly-killing-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/collection-of-deodorant-causes-giant-explosion-nearly-killing-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection of deodorant causes giant explosion, nearly killing woman"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman has reportedly suffered serious burn injuries after her hoard of deodorant cans ignited and caused a huge explosion in her apartment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents of a high-rise building in Oberhausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, were jolted awake on Friday night as a deafening noise came from the fifth floor of the block of flats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Windows in several rooms were blown out, causing glass splinters to be shot towards a car park 100ft away, damaging several cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On top of this, several other flats inside the building were damaged, as well as a stairwell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One mother told German newspaper Bild that the explosion tore a huge hole in her kitchen wall and thrown out insulating material.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A massive hole was torn in her neighbour’s kitchen<\/p>\n
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The explosion also tore through part of a plaster wall in the block of flats<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the building, and firefighters determined that the explosion was caused by the ignition of propellant gas found in deodorant cans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They initially believed that a thermal bath had exploded, but quickly figured out that the building had no gas heaters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police and the public prosecutor’s office have not yet determined exactly how or why the gas was ignited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
They have boarded up the flat with chipboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman, known only as Melissa G. due to Germany’s privacy laws, is reportedly responsive but not yet ready for questioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her boyfriend, known only as Jonathan G. was physically unharmed during the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their neighbours painted a picture of a lonesome couple that kept themselves to themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One fellow tenant said: ‘They are strange loners, didn’t say hello and often seemed absent. There was often drama in the apartment at night.’<\/p>\n
Firefighters have since said that despite the extensive damage to the building and neighbouring flats, it is safe for tenants to return to their homes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n