A mother trapped her daughter after a 13-pound candle she bought after seeing it on TikTok set a fire. , issued a desperate warning. Her son was in flames.
Jerri Bosley remained trapped in her room before her daughter dragged her 12-year-old son out of her second-floor window and climbed off the roof to escape the blaze. became.
Former NHS administrators were eventually rescued by firefighters, but they shared images inside their burned home in Taunton, Somerset, and other guardians issued a warning to
It was all due to her 17-year-old daughter Teagan buying her Lasenteur candles online, which she saw on her popular social media platform TikTok.
She left one of her candles burning on her ground floor on the Victorian terrace while she went out into the garden.
It was placed on the table in her daughter's room and the flames spread rapidly throughout the house.
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Jerri Bosley/ CATERS NEWS)Jerri said: Covered in soot, he is still very badly affected by the fire, and suspects he has contracted a chest infection from the fumes he inhaled. I know that is the current trend and is very popular on TikTok, which is why I try to raise awareness of the dangers for them.
"Me and my kids was very lucky to escape with his life, but I fear the next person this happens to will not be so lucky.If you have these candles, throw them away.
``I don't understand why candles can be sold without regulation.
``Anyone can start a business and sell. I really feel that I should."
Jerry received a fire warning mid-afternoon on August 3, only by family cleaners who discovered the flames when Jerry was upstairs.
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Jerri Bosley/CATERS NEWS)Jerri said: She said there was a fire and she ran down the stairs and found a fire in her daughter's bedroom. At most she must have been on fire for a minute or two.
"I noticed my daughter was outside, but my son, TJ, was in a room upstairs.
``When I turned around, I was met with a thick cloud of black smoke. and was about to shout for my son.
"I was calling the fire brigade and another woman on the phone, Donna, was amazing.115}{115
"Thankfully my daughter climbed onto the extension under the window of the room and helped me escape." The skylight in the extension exploded and there would have been no chance of getting him out. helped me through the window and it took a long time to get the ladder safely in place so that I could escape.It was a truly harrowing experience and left us all with a great deal of trauma.I'm sorry that night I didn't stop shivering until 12:00."
After she escaped the fire, her mother was left with cuts and bruises, and her son was covered from head to toe in black soot.
After two ambulances checked on them, they were contacted by the Emergency Housing Council and had to be held in a hotel for two weeks.
Jerry said he thinks it will take about a year to fix the house. He also worries that the family will move many times now.
However, a fundraiser was set up by her neighbors to help the family get their lives back on track.
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TikTok declined to comment and reached out to Lasenteur for comment.
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