Mother-of-two's Samsung phone 'sends sparks flying just inches from her baby'

Victoria Seed (pictured along with her son, Ned) mentioned her Samsung cellular exploded like a 'firework' 

A mom has described the second her Samsung smartphone burst into flames and exploded like a 'firework' simply inches from her child. 

Victoria Seed, 39, mentioned she was shocked when she heard the bang and noticed the sparks flying from the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

The telephone - which prices round £375 new - was charging in a bed room in her dwelling in Whitefield, Higher Manchester.  

Mrs Seed, a mother-of-two, mentioned the flames from her telephone made scorch marks in her six-month-old son's cot. 

Fortunately, Ned was laying on the mattress after being taken out of the cot, which was close to the bedside desk the place the telephone was being charged.

There have been experiences of some Samsung telephones exploding however the electrical producer has mentioned previously there have been no identified faults with the S6 units. 

Mrs Seed mentioned she acquired up on Christmas Eve and whereas she was in her hallway, she heard a bang.   

She mentioned: 'It wasn't actually loud, nevertheless it was sufficient to make me go straight again into the bed room to see what it was.

'There was a flame coming from the telephone and sparks flying all over the place. They appeared like fireworks.'  

She mentioned: 'I grabbed the child and ran outdoors and my husband Tim unplugged the telephone.

'I rushed into the toilet to ensure Ned was okay. He was round eight inches from the place the telephone was.'

Pictures present the blackened cot and Mrs Seed says there was additionally a burn mark on the cupboard.

Mrs Seed, who trains safeguarding for kids for the NHS, added: 'It was horrible. If I had been 5 extra minutes I won't have heard it as a result of I used to be about to get within the bathe. 

Her Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (pictured) was utterly ruined following the incident on Christmas Eve 

'It is actually worrying. I dread to suppose what might have occurred.'

She contacted Samsung, who she mentioned informed her they might ship out a alternative telephone. Per week later she nonetheless hasn't acquired it.

A Samsung spokesperson mentioned: 'There aren't any identified points with the Galaxy S6.

'Samsung stands behind the standard and security of the thousands and thousands of Galaxy S6 household telephones out there. 

'Till Samsung is ready to get hold of and study any gadget, it's unattainable to find out the true explanation for any incident.

'Since being made conscious of this case, Samsung has been trying to contact the client so as to organise assortment of this gadget and examine the reason for this incident.

'Samsung has now been capable of converse to the client and is working straight with Ms Seed to verify subsequent steps.

'Buyer security stays our highest precedence and we work with any buyer who has skilled a difficulty with a Samsung product so as to examine the matter.' 

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