A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.
- Date of incident
- 2015-02-05
- Location
- Korea
- Sources
- 5
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How the event developed
- 2015-02-05Report
A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.
koreabizwire.com - 2015-02-08Follow-up
A 52-year-old woman in a person, South Korea had her hair sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner while she was sleeping on the floor, requiring firefighters to free her.
theguardian.com - 2015-02-08Report
A robot vacuum cleaner became entangled in the hair of a 52-year-old sleeping woman in a person, South Korea, requiring the fire department to free her; the device was confirmed not to be a Roomba/iRobot product.
dailydot.com - 2015-02-09Follow-up
A 52-year-old woman in a person, South Korea had her hair caught and swallowed by a robot vacuum cleaner while she slept on the floor, requiring four emergency workers half an hour to free her.
news.sky.com - 2015-02-09Follow-up
South Korean woman became trapped and had to be rescued after a Roomba-like robot vacuum became entangled with her hair while she slept.
upi.com
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- koreabizwire.comA Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.2015-02-05copy 2026-09-01tier 2
- theguardian.comA 52-year-old woman in a person, South Korea had her hair sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner while she was sleeping on the floor, requiring firefighters to free her.2015-02-08copy 2026-09-03tier 1
- dailydot.comA robot vacuum cleaner became entangled in the hair of a 52-year-old sleeping woman in a person, South Korea, requiring the fire department to free her; the device was confirmed not to be a Roomba/iRobot product.2015-02-08copy 2026-09-01tier 2
- news.sky.comA 52-year-old woman in a person, South Korea had her hair caught and swallowed by a robot vacuum cleaner while she slept on the floor, requiring four emergency workers half an hour to free her.2015-02-09copy 2026-09-02tier 2
- upi.comSouth Korean woman became trapped and had to be rescued after a Roomba-like robot vacuum became entangled with her hair while she slept.2015-02-09copy 2026-09-01tier 2
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