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STORIES of heroics from the crew of a ferry that sank in South Korea are beginning to emerge, despite outrage from the public who are branding them "cowards".

Ms Taylor and her son Jake doused the flames with water [CATERS]

Kim Taylor, 54, said that flames tore through the rear seat of her vehicle and the windows were left covered in soot.
No-one was injured as the car was parked and unoccupied at the time.
But Ms Taylor, of  Aylestone, Leicester, said that the incident could have been worse if it had taken place in her house or while on a car journey.
She said: "I've gone to sleep with it plugged in before. I hate to think what would have happened if it had exploded next to me.
"If I was on a long journey, I would have had it in the front - it could have exploded in my face."
Ms Taylor said that she put her e-cigarette on charge in an auxiliary socket in the back of her Ford Mondeo when she left work.
After her 10 minute drive home, the care worker parked up and went inside, leaving the e-cigarette to charge.
Shortly afterwards, she went back  to fetch something from the car.
She said that when she opened the driver's door, "black smoke came flying out" and she saw the rear seat was on fire.

Ms Taylor and her son in the back seat of their car [CATERS]

If I was on a long journey, I would have had it in the front - it could have exploded in my face

Kim Taylor

Ms Taylor said: "I was shocked, but my immediate thought was to try to put it out."
She said that she and her son Jake, 11, threw water on the flames to put out the fire, adding that the e-cigarette had "exploded into bits and melted in to the carpet".
Kim's e-cigarette and charger were made by Prestige Vaping, but she said the adapter she used to charge it was bought from elsewhere.
Yasin Patel, director of Prestige Vaping, said the company had sold thousands of the starter packs - the product Kim bought - and this was the first time a problem had occurred.
He said the company sold compatible car adaptors which had to be used with the product, as stated in the user manual.
Mr Patel said: "You have to use the designated adapter.
 "You have to be careful what adapter you use. It can overload the battery.
"We are part of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association, which provides an audit of our products and make sure everything is in order.
"If the appropriate charger was used we would take further action."
However, Ms Taylor claimed that neither the e-cigarette or charger she bought came with a manual.
She said: "On the packaging, it does not say you have to use their adaptor, so I have done nothing wrong."
Philip Le Shirley, at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: "It is important not to leave e-cigarettes to charge unattended."

Ms Taylor said the e-cigarette "exploded" [CATERS]