Terrifying moment teen’s laptop EXPLODES while charging on sofa sending sparks flying across room – WBNews

FOOTAGE from a home security tape shows the shocking moment a teen’s laptop exploded four times when charging on his sofa. Devon Johnson, 18, from California was playing video games with his friend when suddenly his laptop is engulfed in a fireball just three feet away. The boys were just just playing video games when the computer was engulfed flames The light from the explosion was so bright that the home security cameras switch from black-and-white night mode to daytime mode for a second. “Thank God it didn’t explode in my face,” 18-year-old Devon Johnson told NBC Los Angeles. Devon managed to blow out the fire and his friend Andrew unplugged the laptop. Luckily they weren’t injured The computer exploded with no warning scorching the sofa They left the smoking laptop outside But it caught alight again For safety, the boys leave the laptop smouldering on a patio table where, three minutes later, the computer went up in flames again. Devon managed to blow the fire out again before, a few minutes later, flames shot out of the laptop for a third time with a blinding explosion. This time he used a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze. As the teen moved in to have another loo, it erupted into flames for a FOURTH time almost injuring him. Devon managed to blow the flames out again… only for it to explode again Quick thinking he manages he put it out with a fire extinguisher The boys could have been…more detail