How This Simple Air Fryer Mistake Caused A Massive Explosion

TikTok was recently graced with a video of a wrecked-looking stove and a destroyed air fryer in the sink. "10 firemen and one hash brown later," Abbey Trbovich wrote in the description. "When our Costco air fryer blows up in our apartment." So far, the video has been viewed more than 3 million times. The comments section has not necessarily comforted the now bereaved air fryer owner. "Bestie I'm afraid to tell you this," one of the more polite commenters said. "There's a warning to only put it on the counter and specifically not the stove."

This mini-explosion is not an isolated occurrence. In August of 2019, WBRZ reported that an air fryer had exploded into flames after it had been placed on the stove, which had accidentally been turned on. In June of this year, Inside Edition covered how a little girl saved a household by noticing that her family's air fryer, which had also been placed on a stove, had caught fire. It's safe to say that if you have an air fryer, you should never put it on your stove, and you should always unplug it when you're done using it, Nicole Papantoniou of the Good Housekeeping Kitchen Appliances Lab told Inside Edition.