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A concerned father has told how his daughter's iPad charger exploded in his hand giving him a massive electric shock which he believes 'would have killed her'.

Tim Gillooley, 34, said he was thrown across the room and left with blackened fingers when he reached down to unplug the device at his mother's house in Widnes, Cheshire.

And he believes his eight-year-old daughter Chloe would most likely have been killed had it been her, instead of him, who had touched the device.

According to Mr Gillooley Chloe asked him to unplug the charger on his way back from the bathroom on Saturday last weekend.

He told the Daily Mirror: 'There was a huge bang and it blew me across the room. I was in shock.

'I was hysterically laughing for about two minutes. It was a bad shock that went down my arm. My mum was panicking and Chloe burst into tears.

'Nine times out of 10, Chloe would have gone to get it herself. I think it would have killed her.'

Mr Gillooley, from Warrington, bought the iPad for Chloe's birthday last November from the Apple store in Liverpool.

But some months later it began to develop charging problems and he returned it to the store but was told there was nothing wrong with the charger or the device.

They purchased a new genuine Apple charger complete with lightening cable in the hope it would solve the problem but it continued.

He added: 'We were big fans of Apple but I won't let my daughter near her iPhone if it's a ticking time bomb.'

Apple - who have requested Mr Gillooley send them the remains of the charger for examination - are yet to comment.

Last month a Chinese air stewardess Ma Ailun, 23, was reportedly killed by an electric shock when she answered a call on her iPhone 5 while it was recharging.

Apple said they have launched an investigation into the claims.

Abagworo: History alwaysrepeats itself. RIP to the dead.

Tragedy struck on Tuesday at Orogun Junction along Iwo Road/Ojoo Expressway in Ibadan as no fewer than three persons died while five others sustained serious burns when a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation tanker trying to offload fuel from another exploded and caught fire.

Properties worth several millions of naira were lost to the inferno.

The raging inferno also touched eight shops, while two Sport Utility Vehicles were not spared as they were burnt to ashes.

The incident occurred beside Energy filling station at Orogun Junction via Iwo Road/Ojoo Expressway between 11am and 1pm on Tuesday.

Thick smoke covered the atmosphere as most shops and car owners packed in some perimeters close to the scene.

Frantic efforts to retrieve some valuables failed due to the intensity of the fire.

An eyewitness, Dr. Ayo Osisanwo, said the unfortunate incident occurred when a NNPC truck was offloading fuel from a fuel -laden truck belonging to the corporation and had fallen off the road.

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