Mother-of-two says Sunbeam crockpot exploded leaving her with horror burns

A mother-of-two says she was left permanently scarred after a pressure cooker she was using exploded, spraying her family with boiling soup and leaving her with third-degree burns. Photo / 7 News

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A mother-of-two says she was left permanently scarred after a pressure cooker she was using exploded, spraying her family with boiling soup and leaving her with third-degree burns.

Two weeks ago, 35-year-old Sarah was cooking chicken and corn soup in her high-pressure Sunbeam Crock-Pot when she claims the lid wouldn't open. She claims she let it rest and tried again, but the appliance exploded "like a bomb".

"All I remember is the lid flying off and then I was just curled up on the ground screaming, 'get my clothes off me'," the Melbourne woman told 7 NEWS.

"It was a bomb, there's no other way to describe it … It was a bomb going off."

She spent nine days in hospital and underwent two surgeries for the burns she sustained on her arms and chest. Photo / 7 News

She said her chest and arms were sprayed with boiling liquid, resulting in her spending nine days in Melbourne's Alfred Hospital where she underwent two surgeries.

Her husband and four-year-old son also received minor splash burns. Sarah now requires daily dressing changes and has been left with permanent scars.

She has been left with permanent scarring from the third-degree burns she sustained. Photo / 7 News

Sarah was using a Sunbeam Crock-Pot, making chicken and corn soup, when the appliance exploded, spraying boiling liquid all over her.

Sarah, who has engaged lawyers, wants the product recalled.

Emma Hines from Shine Lawyers told 7 NEWS they would be looking into the case.

"Clearly something has gone very wrong," she said.

A mother-of-two says she was left permanently scarred after a pressure cooker she was using exploded, spraying her family with boiling soup and leaving her with third-degree burns. Photo / 7 News

Sunbeam told 7 NEWS that safety was their "top priority".

"We take this matter very seriously," the company said.