Independent: Man in Georgia, US, suffers serious injuries as e-cig blows up

[srs]

Man suffers fractured neck, third degree burns and has hole blown through the roof of his mouth after e-cigarette explodes

Hope they get to the bottom of this, otherwise it'll be more ammo for the anti brigade.

 

[MrDJ]

pictures blocked at work but if this is the same thats been doing the rounds for a while its bollox.

 

[Beastie]

Had to pull away from the comments section before I hulk raged....it's still not gotten better

 

[MrTeaTime]

of course, it wont be the user at fault

 

[skinku]

The comments seemed quite light and carefree to me, I like this one best.

You see its simple,,smoking is bad for you,,any smoking,,i mean these e-cigs are basically a bomb,,,just dont smoke really,,your change your life

Do they mean vaping is the bomb?
I hear that is a good thing these days.
Also I enjoy the idea that if you don't do something ever it will change your life.

Is this the 'story' from a few months ago debunked?

 

[srs]

Had to pull away from the comments section before I hulk raged....it's still not gotten better

NEVER, EVER read the comments section of anything - it's even worse for your health than smoking!

 

[philTBA]

Fractured neck, 3rd degree burns & a hole in the roof of his mouth. Sounds more like he's mistaken his Glock 9mm for his ecig.

 

[sduncb]

And he has posted on twitter a couple days ago with an ecig saying it was a fabricated news story. He was in hospital but for something else

 

[Blackhack]

Imagine that, The press telling porkies, I'd never have believed it....

 

[sduncb]

Whenever i see a story about an ecig blowing up. My 1st thought is stupid person who doesnt really know what they are doing. 2nd is over zealous press article