A man who says his air fryer exploded despite being unplugged from its power source has told how he has been left with third-degree burns and permanent nerve damage.
Jonty Benjamin, 52, from Blackpool, had cooked sausages in his Tower Housewares Air Fryer one evening as he prepared what he dubbed a 'roast dinner' on an otherwise normal night.
But after turning the device off and unplugging it from the wall - a ritual he claims to do with all electric appliances - Mr Benjamin sat down to eat his meal before the smell of smoke began to flow into his living room.
No sooner than his attempts to save the kitchen from burning down were finished as the fryer went up in flames, the 52-year-old realised his right arm was covered in burnt plastic which had seeped into his skin.
'It was the adrenaline that initially made it painless,' Mr Benjamin told MailOnline.
