This is the terrifying moment a pressure cooker exploded exploded - spurting steam and boiling soup across the room.<br /><br />Onika Ranft, 47, was chatting with her partner Johan Van Zyl, 40, in their open plan kitchen living room when the device exploded just meters away.<br /><br />Daniel's daughter, 13, who wasn't named, was also in the room watching TV at the time of the incident.<br /><br />CCTV shows the pot exploding meters away from Onika and Johan but luckily neither were harmed. <br /><br />According to Onika, the rubber seal in the lid flew out, which caused the explosion. <br /><br />Pressure cookers can reach temperatures of around 250 degrees Celsius - more than twice the boiling point of water.<br /><br />Onika, a revenue manager from Port Alfred in Eastern Cape, South Africa, said: "It could melt your flesh right off.<br /><br />"The amount of pressure that builds up for the whole big pot to leap up like that you can imagine how hot it was.<br /><br />"You know that feeling when you are driving and you just avoid an accident. Your whole body goes ice cold and your legs go numb. That is how I felt."<br /><br />Onika had only been using the cooker for six months after replacing one she had had for 25 years.<br /><br />According to Onika, there were no signs that the pressure cooker was damaged.<br /><br />She said: "On the lid, there is a little square hole that the ring fits over. When the pressure became too much, the seal popped through the hole and the pot took flight.<br /><br />"It had no nicks, cuts or damage."<br /><br />She added: "I grew with pressure cookers. I inherited my mum's and had that for 25 years without replacing the rubber seal.<br /><br />"I just find that older cookware lasts longer."
