A woman's room was covered in tiny shards of glass after an incident involving a Primark candle.
Olivia Anderson was sat watching a film and scrolling on her phone when she says she heard an "explosion" in her room.
The 24-year-old sprang up and looked around, only to realise that the candle her dad had bought her was gone. She had been burning the candle - a Madagascan vanilla hexagonal glass votive candle costing £1.50 - on and off for the past four weeks.
In its place was a dent in the wooden surface it had been standing on.
"I was looking at my phone screen and there was a huge explosion," Olivia told The Mirror.
"I sat bolt upright and noticed that the candle wasn't there anymore. The noise was phenomenal, literally an explosion.
"It left me incredibly shook up trying to work out what had happened. If I had happened to be standing next to or near it, I would have been penetrated by the tiny shards of glass."
She added: "It was everywhere. Tiny pieces of it. Tiny shards of it were getting in my fingers."
In response to the incident, a Primark spokesperson said: "We are very sorry to hear about Ms Anderson’s experience.
"Primark works really hard to ensure all our products are compliant with the relevant safety standards. In line with these standards, this particular candle includes a full list of safety instructions for use at the base of the product.
"We are in contact with the customer and will investigate what happened in this instance."
The Sussex woman described herself as a "huge candle person", she said this is the first time she has had one blow-up on her.
"I have never had a candle casing that has exploded, ever," Olivia said.
Olivia, who works as a virtual assistant, likened the noise of the blast to "dropping a dumbbell".
"I was lucky I was on the other side of the room," Olivia said.
"It was so powerful there were dents in the wood surface it was on and the unit next to it as well.
"It has scratched my Ikea furniture."
