Sweltering Sydney heatwave causes a family's glass pool fence to EXPLODE
- A glass pool fence exploded as temperatures reached more than 40C in Sydney
- Lauren Stern was visiting her parents' house in Sydney when it happened
- Mrs Stern uploaded photographs of the shattered glass on her Facebook
- She also posted the comment: 'Beware of your glass pool fences in the heat!'
Searing temperatures in Sydney are not only making life unbearable for it's population but it's making things explode as well.
That's what Lauren Stern found out to her surprise when her glass pool fence just shattered as temperatures of more than 40C in Sydney took their toll.
Mrs Stern from St Ives in the city posted photographs on her Facebook of what remained of the glass panel surrounding the small backyard pool at her parents' house.
Lauren Stern was visiting her parents' house in Sydney when the glass pool fence exploded
She posted a comment on Facebook to warn people to be on the look out in case it happened again
She also posted the comment: 'Beware of your glass pool fences in the heat! Ours just exploded.'
'There was no warning, there was just this big bang. We were there by the pool and it suddenly exploded,' she told Nine News.
'It didn't just drop down, it seemed to fly everywhere. We were left there sitting in shock.
'The whole episode was quite frightening, actually. We're just thankful no one was injured.'
Mrs Stern said she and her family believed that it was the heat that caused the glass to explode and shatter, so she posted the images on Facebook to make people take notice.
'I had quite a reaction. Some people said the same thing has happened to them. I just wanted people to be aware of the problem,' she said.
Manager at Designer Glass Pool Fencing Evan Briggs told Nine News that impurities in the glass when it was being made could see it shattering when subjected to high temperatures.
She and her family believed that it was the heat that caused the glass to explode and shatter
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