On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, a tumble dryer explodes in a laundry room in La Corua, Spain. There were no deaths, however, CCTV evidence suggests that there were very few explosions. Ten seconds before the explosion, a customer fled the scene.
A man nearly avoids a dryer explosion in a laundromat.
A man is saved from an explosion at an A Corua laundromat within seconds.
Un hombre se salva por segundos de una explosión en una lavandería de A Coruña
El cargador de un mechero dentro de una secadora provocó la detonación👉https://t.co/5vIn64PF7F pic.twitter.com/ejwWbk5j5X
— La Vanguardia (@LaVanguardia) April 3, 2023
According to surveillance video, a clothes dryer bursts in a laundromat in Spain on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, with a customer leaving the premises seconds before the explosion.
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Just a few seconds. On the afternoon of March 28, a clothes dryer burst in a self-service laundromat in La Corua, Spain. On Monday, April 3, 2023, La Vanguardia aired CCTV footage of a customer leaving the store barely ten seconds before.
The explosion, according to our Spanish colleagues, was triggered by a lighter charger left inside the dryer. Fortunately, no one was injured.
However, the front entrance and utility room windows were destroyed, and the storefront walls collapsed. The video was turned over to local police for examination.