Horror moment tumble dryer EXPLODES in huge fireball just seconds after man cheats death by walking out of laundrette
THIS is the dramatic moment a man cheats death after walking out of a laundrette moments before a tumble dryer explodes.
Footage of the extraordinary incident showed he had only closed the door behind him less than ten seconds before the blast.
The explosion launched a ball of fire across the building and straight into the spot where he had just been standing after bagging up his clean washing.
The fireball was so strong it smashed all the windows of the Spanish laundrette, and even ripped the front door off its hinges.
The building, on the ground floor of a three-storey block, is at the entrance to an industrial estate in the Galician city of La Coruna.
Investigators have concluded the blast was caused by the overheating of flammable fuel in a cigarette lighter which had been left inside a trouser pocket.
The shocking footage showed the door of the tumble dryer being blown open before the premises turned a bright orange.
Debris was also seen left on the ground inside and outside the laundrette in the wake of the blast.
It is understood no-one else was inside at the time.
The incident occurred around 8pm on March 14 but the video of the blast has only just been made public.
Reports at the time, before the footage emerged, said police and firefighters were among the emergency responders.
Fire crews are said to have torn down the damaged facade because of a crack in the plaster.
A witness told a local paper the day after the blast: “We heard a loud noise but it didn’t sound like an explosion.
“We didn’t think more of it until about ten minutes later the sirens of fire engines began to sound.
“I went outside and found the whole corner of the street destroyed.
“The firefighters tore the front wall outside down because there was a crack in it and felt there was a risk it could collapse.”