Father’s horror as $99 Aldi microwave explodes while making popcorn

AN AUSSIE dad has told of his terror after a brand new microwave from Aldi shattered as his one-year-old daughter stood nearby.

AnAldi microwave has unexpectedly exploded. Picture: Supplied

AN AUSSIE dad has told of his terror after a brand new microwave from Aldi shattered as his one-year-old daughter stood nearby.

Mitchell Pritchard, 24, was making popcorn at his Bathurst, NSW home on August 26 when the $99 microwave exploded.

“I put the popcorn in and picked up my daughter because she wanted to have a look,” the disability worker told Yahoo 7.

“With about 10 seconds to go, I put her down and just before the timer ended there was this huge bang, so I leaned forward to see what had happened. The door busted open and hit me on the forehead. The plate had shattered, and the turntable had shattered as well.”

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Mr Pritchard said he and his daughter could have been seriously injured by flying shards of glass if he hadn’t been hit in the head by the microwave door.

“The explosion sounded like a gunshot. My daughter was screaming her head off and I had to calm her down,” he said.

Mr Pritchard said it was only the second time he had used the budget microwave. He said he returned it to Aldi the next day and was offered a full refund.

“They were really good about it, but it’s still worrying,” he said. “Someone could have been really seriously hurt.”

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