A Scots mum has been left with multicoloured blotches on her skin after using a kids' bath paint set from Boots which won't wash off properly.
09.12.2022 - 15:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A young Scots family have been forced to live apart after their home was destroyed during a horror explosion sparked by a tealight candle. Colin Hay, 36, Nicola Jeffrey, 33, and their two daughters Aila, four, and Melanie, three, are now staying with different relatives after the powerful blast rocked their Galashiels flat.
Emergency services raced to the scene at around 3am on December 2 before evacuating all residents from the block of flats over fears for the building’s stability. The other occupiers were allowed back in around six hours later but the young family’s flat has suffered extensive damage after the windows were blown out by the force of the explosion.
Kind-hearted resident Aaron Mason has launched a fundraiser to help support the couple and their children - who are hoping to move into temporary accommodation on Christmas Eve. The 28-year-old, who owns the Bulldog Bakes cafe, said: “It’s one of those things that you read in the newspaper and say ‘oh God imagine that but it’s fine because it’ll never happen’ until it does.
“We woke up to a bang on the door from the police just after 3am. They were evacuating the building and we all needed to get out. We threw on some clothes and grabbed the keys for the cafe because we thought if we were going to be out for a while, it was somewhere warm where we could get coffee.
“We were outside in the car park for probably about an hour. We were then moved to another car park further away because at this point, they still weren’t sure of the safety of the building and the gas risk. We took everyone down to the Bakehouse to keep people warm and give them a bite to eat.
“We were there until about 8.30am when we got the all clear that we were all safe to go back to our flats
A Scots mum has been left with multicoloured blotches on her skin after using a kids' bath paint set from Boots which won't wash off properly.
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