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Home Cream-Whipping Device Explodes, Killing French Food Blogger

Whip Tragedy

Rebecca Burger was reportedly struck in the chest by shrapnel from exploding device.

A French lifestyle blogger has died after a device for whipping and dispensing cream for desserts at home exploded. Rebecca Burger, 32, who had around 200,000 followers on Instagram, suffered a cardiac arrest after a piece of the machine struck her in the chest. An Instagram post on Burger’s account showed a picture of a similar whipped-cream dispenser and cautioned her followers: “Don’t use this product in your homes! Tens of thousands of the faulty devices are already in circulation.”

Read it at The Telegraph

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