Firefighters have issued a grave warning after a disastrous TikTok 'hack' resulted in a fire breaking out in a flat in Derby. The dangerous viral trend of using tea lights and terracotta to heat your home ended in chaos after a blaze started at Prosperity House, Gower Street, on November 30 at around 7.25pm, the Derby Telegraph reports.
The lone occupant of the fourth-floor flat in which the fire started was outside their home when three crews from Kingsway, Nottingham Road and Ascot Drive were called out to the scene. Another 50 residents were evacuated from the building during the incident.
An investigation discovered that the cause of the fire was down to a gifted homemade heater made from tea lights to heat terracotta pots. The DIY heater was a result of a viral TikTok trend that people are using as an alternative way to heat their homes.
