Online comments criticise Kmart candles

Customers have taken to social media to share their horror stories of Kmart candles exploding.

Customers have taken to social media to share their horror stories of Kmart candles exploding. (AAP)

Disgruntled Kmart customers have shared their horror stories online after a Gold Coast woman claimed in a Facebook post that an exploding candle had caused serious burns to her husband's arms.

The Facebook post has been shared more than 13,000 times with many weighing in with similar stories.

Kmart has been approached for comment.