It would be incomplete for a birthday party without balloons. These days it is a trend that you use helium balloons to decorate the party. However, a helium balloon is very expensive and also hard to get!
This Facebook post gained over 9K likes and 18K shares this mother shared a scary experience when one of the supposed helium balloons, burst and burned her child!
She shared that for her son’s birthday, she decided to order elaborated helium balloons arrangements for his birthday. After the party, she still kept the arrangement for a few days and planned to dispose of the balloons once they begin to shrivel. On the night, her children were playing with the biggest one filled with what she assumed was helium. They tossed the balloon-like a beach ball and we even joined in a couple of times. Her son took it with him to the bedroom and suddenly they heard a loud explosion and the force rocked our house. They even saw a bit of spark/fire along with the boom. They rushed to check on him and miraculously, the only injury he got was a bit of burn on his forearm from the melted balloon skin that landed on him.
She and her husband said the only possible way for it to happen like that is if the balloon was filled with hydrogen, not helium. They messaged the seller and the seller apologized sincerely. It is not her intention to shame the balloon seller. She just wants people to be more aware and to be more careful.
Netizen’s Responses
▼ People are thanking the author for sharing this!
▼Some hope she resolves the issue with the seller and gets compensation.
▼ Cutting cost is good but please do research first!
▼Hydrogen is very dangerous and it has caused a lot of accidents before
▼ Apparently, people used hydrogen because it is cheaper!
Info via Tina Co/Facebook