All of a sudden all of this white smoke started coming out of the segway board.
Then all of a sudden it explodes and goes boom.
My first instinct was to get everyone out alive.
There was so much fire and smoke, he said.
While doing so, Thu suffered burns to her ear.
The fire came after thousands of hoverboards were seized and some airlines banned them over fire concerns.
Jibrils father Tariq Majid has hailed his teenage son a hero after he helped rescue the other children.
I am very proud of my son, said the 45-year-old.
The fire service said to me your son is a hero.
His actions saved those childrens lives.
They could have all died in this fire.
I remember arriving at the house.
I had no idea what had happened or if my son was alive.
I could not quite believe what was going on.
I am just happy everyone was all right.
My son is quite a strong character but he has been really shaken by this.
Jibril was very brave.
The living room of the house was gutted by the fire and the rest of the property heavily smoke-logged.
The family has been forced to live with relatives.
He says the manager told him that the particular hoverboard had been recalled and letters had been sent out.
We just need to check that that these things are safe.
They could have been killed.
I know all the children believed they were going to die in the fire and still have nightmares.
Jibril is waking up during the night and screaming.
He said his life flashed before his eyes.
This must have been quite a scary experience for them.
The teenagers quick-thinking actions are certainly commendable.
The likely cause of the fire was the overheating of the hoverboards lithium batteries said the fire service.
The importers of some models of hoverboards insist their products are safe and compliant with UK and European laws.
source: www.techworm.net
