My house nearly set on fire after using a £1 B&M buy that’s popular in winter – bin yours immediately if you have one
A WOMAN has warned people to bin a popular winter buy from B&M after it ”nearly set her house on fire”.
With the autumn season now well and truly here, many of us have been stocking up on wax melts to make our homes smell cosy – whether that’s a rich honey aroma or the warming notes of cinnamon and apple.
Using a wax melt also means snapping up wax melt burners, which are available in an array of designs fitting every budget.
The popular home goods store B&M is just one of the many retailers offering this autumn and winter essential – however, one woman recently warned shoppers to steer clear of the store after a horrific incident.
According to the mortified customer, only known as Imogen, a wax burner she and her pal Sophie had purchased from B&M almost set their home ”on fire”.
The scary video posted on the duo’s page (@sophandimmy_) shows viewers the damage the burner had allegedly done, with the smoke detector going off in the background.
Imogen, who had bought the purse-friendly wax burner the day before, claimed that it had only been lit for ”an hour” before the flames from the candle grew out of nowhere.
At one point, she claimed in the video, they ”were nearly as tall” as she is, leaving her totally horrified.
”I had no idea what to do,” said Imogen who was getting ready upstairs when she first heard the alarms beeping.
”I’m just in shock – I can’t even speak.
”Thanks B&M for nearly setting my house on fire,” said the young woman, strongly recommending people to ”bin this wax melt burner”.
The burner, which sells for a quid, comes with a removable top and features a cute heart and dot design in cream.
Since being posted on the bubbly pair’s page, the video has racked up close to a staggering 160k views and more than 400 comments.
Despite the incident leaving Imogen traumatised and in a state of shock, several people reckoned the she had no one else to blame but herself.
”I mean your supposed to use a small tea light not a massive one,” read the top comment that’s been liked by over 500 other people.
Someone else agreed, explaining that she should’ve used a smaller version of the tea light.
”Wrong tealight is used that’s why it set on fire that’s far too big.”
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”Your only meant to use the small candles with them not them ones their [they’re] too big it does say this it’s not b&m’s fault,” a third said.
”looks like a 8 hour tea light and should have been a 4 hour tea light,” a viewer penned.
However, according to Imogen, there was no information or instructions about how to use the burner safely.
”Unfortunately b&m failed to state that this burner can only been used with a small tea light,” the woman said, replying to a comment on the page.
”Definitely not something such a large company should be missing out, at least I know now.”
The Sun has reached out for comment.