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Windsor teen badly hurt when e-cigarette explodes in his mouth
Press Democrat ^ | 29 Jan 2016

Posted on 01/29/2016 9:37:23 AM PST by rey

An electronic cigarette exploded in a 15-year-old Windsor boy’s mouth, causing him to lose about a half-dozen teeth, police and fire officials said.

The explosion sent hot shards of the device scattering, with some still hot like embers on the floor when firefighters arrived after a 911 call came in just after 1 p.m. Jan. 17 at a home on Summer Rain Drive off Los Amigos Road, said Cyndi Foreman, a fire prevention specialist with the Central Fire Authority of Sonoma County.

“His teeth literally fell out with braces on them,” Foreman said. “He had lacerations to his lip and tongue. It literally exploded in his mouth.”

The boy was taken to Kaiser Medical Center in Santa Rosa and released with a referral to an oral surgeon, Foreman said. The boy told paramedics that the so-called “vape pen” had been modified, Foreman said. She did not have details about how it had been modified.

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i know this isn't funny, but I couldn't help but laugh.
1 posted on 01/29/2016 9:37:23 AM PST by rey
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“The boy told paramedics that the so-called “vape pen” had been modified, Foreman said.”

Well.. what a genius he is.
He blew himself up.


2 posted on 01/29/2016 9:39:41 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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I’ve heard that kids are modifying e-cigs to vaporize cannabis oil or other drugs. I wonder if it was that sort of mod, and how that might have led to an explosion.


3 posted on 01/29/2016 9:40:10 AM PST by Junk Silver
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It was likely the cheap lithium battery that exploded. They will go into thermal runaway, overheat, and outgas , burst into flames, or explode.


4 posted on 01/29/2016 9:40:40 AM PST by wrench
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Before, it was the old exploding cigar trick.


5 posted on 01/29/2016 9:41:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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The boy told paramedics that the so-called vape pen had been modified.

Darwin award......although it does remind me of those little exploding thingies my sister and I used to put in my mom's smokes.

6 posted on 01/29/2016 9:41:19 AM PST by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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More than likely.


7 posted on 01/29/2016 9:41:36 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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Must have been that car battery mod.


8 posted on 01/29/2016 9:41:40 AM PST by McGruff (Boycott Fox News Channel. I am.)
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Told ya that cigarettes were bad for you...


9 posted on 01/29/2016 9:42:05 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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https://localtvwqad.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/the-fda-proposed-graphic-warning-labels-as-part-of-its-powers-to-regulate-tobacco-and-tobacco-products-24.jpg?w=603
10 posted on 01/29/2016 9:47:34 AM PST by NRx (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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Did some one put the equivalent of a exploding shard in evap- similar to the gag shards used in vintage cigarettes and cigars


11 posted on 01/29/2016 9:50:40 AM PST by Nailbiter
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“His teeth literally fell out with braces on them, Foreman said”

All dangerous shrapnel was safely contained, clearly a responsible amateur scientist. :)


12 posted on 01/29/2016 9:50:42 AM PST by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Okay ,who ordered the Cheese Toasty?)
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"The boy told paramedics that the so-called "vape pen" had been modified, Foreman said."

There has been a really bad tendency among teenagers and young adults to "tweak" ecigs to vape clouds like WW2 smokescreen destroyers... This involves ignorantly raising the voltage at which the devices are designed to work.

Ignorant stupidity like that carries its own reward...

So much for "cool" and "with it..."

At a recent business Christmas party there was one such moron, and I just made sure my friends an I stayed as far away as possible from the idiot.

13 posted on 01/29/2016 9:54:32 AM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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It is likely that whatever custom mod that was done by this kid of one of his friends, is the reason it exploded. Most likely whatever they did shorted out the lithium battery and it exploded.


14 posted on 01/29/2016 9:58:32 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Seen such this way too.
Haven’t seen someone blast their face off yet.
But it is just a matter of time.


15 posted on 01/29/2016 9:59:35 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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There has been a really bad tendency among teenagers and young adults to "tweak" ecigs to vape clouds like WW2 smokescreen destroyers... This involves ignorantly raising the voltage at which the devices are designed to work.

Absolutely right, every time one of those things has exploded on someone, it has been modified; or proved to have been modified.
16 posted on 01/29/2016 10:00:14 AM PST by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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17 posted on 01/29/2016 10:00:37 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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Is he invited to the White House? Surely nearly fatally modifying the device is more inventive than disassembling a clock.


18 posted on 01/29/2016 10:08:54 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Junk Silver
I've heard that kids are modifying e-cigs to vaporize cannabis oil or other drugs. I wonder if it was that sort of mod, and how that might have led to an explosion.

Not likely. They don't mod them for drugs. Mods aren't required for cannabis oil. They mod them for longer battery charges and for greater "smoke" output.

I see a lot of younger guys in the Navy doing this. They're also making their own "home-brew" oils to vape.

19 posted on 01/29/2016 10:13:19 AM PST by Drew68
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Report from the local Newspaper
20 posted on 01/29/2016 10:26:38 AM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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