Evod battery cap popped off... safe?

[GoombahYah]

Ugh... not having any luck at all with my Evods on this trip. Yesterday I was having trouble with the heads, and just now I stupidly dropped a different one on concrete. The "battery cap" (not sure what else to call it... it's the small metal circle on the end with the Kanger logo) popped off, and some black, cylindrical material with the consistency of felt jutted out slightly. Eek!

Quickly I recapped it and powered it up (it was powered down at the time). The battery flashed 5 times normally, and maintained a normal temperature. I cautiously took a few vapes (likely a stupid idea), and it seemed to work fine. However, I'm super paranoid about these eGo-style batteries exploding (though none specifically of the Evod brand). I'm staying at a hotel, so currently I have the battery sitting in a metal pot outside the room, as my boss is taking me out to dinner shortly.

I did a search on this site, but nothing came up regarding this particular situation before. Is the battery dangerous? If so, how should it be safely disposed of? I definitely don't want to cause any damage to the hotel.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Nermal]

I believe the cap is intended to pop off as a pressure relief device, so if there was only a mechanical cause for the event, I expect the battery is fine. Had it blown off, it would be a whole different story.

 

[Connorb2011]

Had this happen to one of my eGo's was too paranoid about hurting myself so I trashed it

 

[negative-1]

This happens ALL THE TIME with egos... so annoying! EVODs were probably designed to have this happen less since you arent holding it by the cap all the time, but they still to the same thing, and its normal, but once it happens the cap stays loose, so I'd say get a new one