DanRussell commented Washing machine 'smashed kitchen to bits' in explosion

An exploding washing machine could have "seriously injured" a family's young children and their pet boxer dogs. Lisa Leighton says her kitchen was "ruined" when her washer blew-up sending cupboard doors and pieces of plastic flying across the room. The 37-year-old said smoke came pouring out of the Hotpoint machine but lucky there was no fire and her home's electric turned off straight away. The office manager of Hilltop Rise, Newthorpe, said: "The machine was on a...