A mother has captured the terrifying moment her HP laptop caught on fire in her own home after making a strange hissing sound.
Claire Irvine, 46, was relaxing in the living room with her daughters when she heard the noise coming from the kitchen.
Ms Irvine walked in to find thick smoke pouring out of her HP laptop, which had been left plugged in and open on the table after a day of use.
The mother quickly unplugged the machine and rushed it outside, but parts of the machine had already melted the tablecloth and scorched the table beneath it.
Although HP provided her with a replacement laptop, she says that since trying to claim expenses for damage to her furniture and urgent data recovery work, the computer brand has ignored her.
