A Dominican beauty queen sustained second-degree burns after her pressure cooker exploded during a sautée session gone awry.
“I was the victim of a pressure cooker explosion,” Debbie Aflalo, 31 exclaimed in a video uploaded for her 131,000 followers on Instagram, per Jam Press.
The bombshell, who won Miss Dominican Republic in 2021, had reportedly been using the appliance when the silicone ring of the pot “flew off.”
This caused liquid to splatter her abdomen, chest, and arms, leaving her with second-degree burns, as shown in the clip.
Aflalo was subsequently rushed to the hospital for treatment, and is thankfully on the mend, Hola! reported.
Thankfully, no damage was done to the beauty’s face, meaning that she can still continue to model.
“Thanks to my mother’s prayers and divine intervention, I am recuperating well,” said the bandage-bearing Aflalo.
In light of the freak accident, the beauty warned others about the inherent hazards of the “dangerous” device.
“I suggest you better not use them and that if you are going to use them, be very careful,” the social media star, who recently released a swimwear line, cautioned. “Leave the kitchen and come back when it is ready.”
“Turn it off and let it sit there until it cools down,” she added.
In a March study on pressure cooker risks, researchers from Turkey wrote that the automated food flamers “can pose hazards if not used properly, leading to severe burns.”
“Common reasons for pressure cooker explosions include overfilling, which hampers steam release, and premature lid opening,” they warned. “Attempting to open the lid immediately after cooking without proper deaeration and cooling increases the risk of explosion.”
In 2018, a food worker was hospitalized after a pressure cooker blew its stack at a school cafeteria in India.
