A woman watching television with an electric blanket on her knee was shocked when she saw it start to smoke and catch fire, burning her dressing gown. Lesley Redgrift, 65, noticed smoke rising from the blanket and when she lifted it up, she saw that it was on fire.
Lesley's daughter, Tina, had bought her the electric blanket on eBay for her birthday to help her keep warm without having to switch on her central heating. She told Grimsby Live: "Her husband had gone to bed because he works early in the morning, and my mum was sitting and watching telly with it on her knee.
"She said she saw some smoke rising, and when she lifted the blanket up she realised it was actually on fire. She had a thick dressing gown on and it burned the pocket of her dressing gown. It didn't even shut off. She quickly unplugged it, ran outside and chucked it on the ground and just stamped on it."
