By Claudia Poposki For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 13:21 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 17 June 2019
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Samantha Murphy has been left homeless after her faulty Samsung washing machine blew up inside of her laundry
A mother-of-six has been left homeless after her faulty Samsung washing machine blew up inside of her laundry.
Samantha Murphy turned on the washing machine, which she said she was unaware had been recalled in 2013, before she left her rental home in the New South Wales Hunter Region on Saturday morning.
Ten minutes later she returned and found the machine had exploded and destroyed her laundry.
Firefighters who extinguished the fire told her the washing machine was one of six models that had been recalled in 2013.
She took to Facebook to urge others to check their washing machines.
'Please check that your Samsung wasn't one of these ones that were recalled, as I was unaware that my one was until the firefighters told me,' she wrote in a post, according to Yahoo Australia.
The mother-of-six had no idea her washing machine was one of six Samsung top loader models that had been recalled in 2013
Shocking images posted online captured Ms Murphy's laundry, completely blackened in soot with a melted hole where the machine once stood.
Ms Murphy's sister has set up a Go Fund Me page to help the family get back on their feet.
'This fire has left her family homeless and with nothing. Unfortunately my sister did not have contents insurance on her home as she spends all her money on food and necessities for her family,' she wrote.
'Any help to get this young family back on their
