Crouched down, Morgan Bailey examined the contents of her fridge.
He noticed a big bottle of store-bought kombucha, a fermented tea drink, hidden on the underside shelf behind a pile of different gadgets.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Morgan remembers the second the kombucha exploded in his hand
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She wrapped her hand across the bottle to slip it in direction of her.
However when he touched the drink, it shattered.
“The second I touched the bottle, it exploded,” Morgan tells 7Life how the fermented, barely carbonated drink despatched her to the hospital emergency room.
Glass flew by the air and throughout her kitchen, and the 32-year-old is grateful that her studying glasses and wedding ceremony ring protected her physique from the total pressure of the explosion.
Now with quite a few factors in hand, Mexico Metropolis-based Morgan desires kombucha followers to watch out with the drink, particularly if the bottles are “outdated.”
Earlier than the incident, she bought kombucha, identified for its well being advantages, together with probiotics and antioxidants, a number of occasions a month.
However this specific time, whereas unpacking his groceries, he shoved the drink to the again of the fridge and forgot about it.
“It was there for slightly below three months,” Morgan says.
“It was on the underside shelf and I truthfully utterly forgot about it.”
When Morgan lastly noticed the drink, he went to test the expiration date earlier than consuming it.
“I went to seize it to see if it was nonetheless okay to drink, and the second my hand touched the bottle it exploded,” he says.
“It was a pretty big glass bottle and I believe the strain of my hand brought on the glass to interrupt.”
As he grabbed the bottle to slip it in direction of her, its contents moved barely inside.
The strain of the fermenting liquid brought on the bottle to blow up, sending shards of glass throughout the room, a second Morgan describes as “a literal bomb.”
The hand through which he was holding the bottle was lower, between the center and ring fingers, protecting his palm.
“My wedding ceremony ring stopped the crystal from going deeper into my ring finger; it could have been loads worse if I hadn't worn it,” she says.
“It was fairly gross – I may see some issues inside my hand.”
Glass additionally flew into Morgan's face, however suffered no lasting accidents.
She was instantly taken to the hospital the place she obtained stitches in her hand.
“Fortuitously there have been no accidents to bones or tendons,” he says.
After two weeks, docs will take away the stitches and she or he ought to make a full restoration.
As for the “freak accident”, Morgan had by no means heard of this occurring till now.
Explosion warnings
After sharing her story on social media, she was inundated with feedback from customers who shared an identical expertise.
Though comparatively unusual, fermented drinks are liable to exploding.
“As fermented meals comprise dwell cultures, they will proceed to ferment on shelf after leaving the producer, leading to a rise in alcohol content material,” the Queensland Authorities says.
“The continued fermentation course of may trigger a buildup of gasoline within the bundle, which might trigger the bundle to blow up.”
Morgan jokingly urges house owners of “outdated” kombucha to put on goggles and oven gloves earlier than dealing with the fizzy drink.