Woman’s beach bag bursts into flames after it’s left in the sun on vacation
nypost.comPrimark, allegedly went up in flames after being exposed to direct sunlight.According to Bacchoo, she and a few friends were attending a weeklong festival in Greece, and the incident occurred on June 24, while she was sunbathing at a pool.
Bacchoo, 21, posted about the incident on TikTok, where she’s a burgeoning content creator with nearly 130,000 followers and more than 1.8 million overall “likes.” In the now-viral vacation clip — which had racked up 1.6 million views as of Monday afternoon — she revealed the singed edges of the stylish beach bag and suggests the fire may have started as a result of the metal button on the tote heating up. “Just to give you an idea of how hot it currently is in Crete — my bag just set itself on fire,” she claimed in her TikTok.
The young woman later told South West News Service she “got the bag in Primark in April — I can’t remember exactly how much it cost, somewhere between $15 and $17.” She added, “It was smoldering with a few little flames — I thought it was the metal initially but a lot of comments on the videos say water bottles in the sun can reflect like a magnifying glass and cause a fire.”According to the TikTok, the traveler only noticed the bag was alight when she attempted to get the water she had put in the bag. “I felt shocked at first but, ultimately, I found it funny how it had set itself on fire,” said Bacchoo. “I panicked at first with the AirPods [still in the bag] but they were safe.”Several commenters believe that the bottle of water helped the bag go up in flames as the magnified sunlight made the interior too warm.Meanwhile, Primark — a multinational fast-fashion retailer headquartered in Dublin, Ireland — has responded to Bacchoo’s claims.
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