A Florida woman had just seconds to avoid disaster when an electric wheelchair exploded outside her home. On Sunday, April 19, Alexandra Anaya woke up at her Hollywood home because a wheelchair she'd recently bought for a family member from a local thrift store was making a "clicking" noise, reported local NBC affiliate WTVJ .

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A Hollywood, Florida woman narrowly avoided disaster when a thrift-store electric wheelchair exploded in her driveway after emitting warning clicks. Officials say she had been charging it with a non-manufacturer charger,