YouTuber Ms Yeah to help family of girl who died after replicating her popcorn cooking method

Ms Yeah in a video uploaded in July showing viewers how to make a sugary confection using tools found in the office. The video has over seven million views. — Ms Yeah Official Channel/YouTube

Popular Chinese YouTuber Ms Yeah has offered to help the family of a 14-year-old girl who died from injuries caused by an explosion that resulted from a 'popcorn in a can' experiment gone wrong. The girl's family claimed that she was attempting to replicate the process of cooking popcorn using a can and a spirit burner, as demonstrated in a video that was uploaded by Ms Yeah.

In a lengthy note on Weibo, Ms Yeah, 25, explained that she will do anything within her capacity to help the family of the 14-year-old girl, identified as Zhe Zhe.