Explosion in Oklahoma City found to be electronic cigarette

[GIMike]

http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomane...tte/-/11777584/19768650/-/po4rsj/-/index.html

This is from one of our local news television stations sites, so it should be relatively accurate. Wish it had more information as to what happened.

 

[Berylanna]

http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomane...tte/-/11777584/19768650/-/po4rsj/-/index.html

This is from one of our local news television stations sites, so it should be relatively accurate. Wish it had more information as to what happened.

F! Horrible timing!

Now I guess we have to surf for cell phone battery issues.

Maybe I should just go home and light up, instead of going to Sac to break my heart.

 

[GIMike]

Yeah, horrible timing with the Oklahoma tax law going through the House Got a feeling that may weigh heavily on the Gov'ts minds

 

[Stephenst4470]

No details though, I would think it would have to be charging or something. It is pretty unlikely to explode just sitting under a desk.

 

[Petrodus]

I wonder if this was a mod battery issue
like we heard about a long time ago that got so much press.

 

[RosaJ]

Or, maybe it could be from a charging lithium battery for a flashlight. I want to see a picture of the exploded item.

What is more likely to be in a desk in an office of an apartment building? An ecig, or a flashlight?

Sorry, I need to see it to believe it.

 

[GIMike]

Well, the thing is, OKC has many vape shops that from what I have seen personally, sell legit e-cigs. It seems every time I see a vaper in public and ask them about it, they tell me they got it from this local store or that local store. Seems that our local stores are selling more ecigs than people are buying them online. Not that it's a bad thing, but it does possibly narrow down what might have exploded. If this was in BFO, where there weren't any vape shops, chances are probably higher it would be a home made mod using the wrong battery. Hard to say.....

 

[GIMike]

What is more likely to be in a desk in an office of an apartment building? An ecig, or a flashlight?

I agree with you there. Maybe they were charging a PCC for a cell phone charger that was mistaken to be something used for an e-cig. Might be an ANT trying to push false media claims on the public to get the bill to go through here.

 

[StormFinch]

For anyone writing to their reps about the current legislation, you might want to remind them that approximately 40 cell phone batteries per year explode on the user, and this is our, what... 2nd news reported explosion in the last 5 years? I'm pretty sure they all have a cell phone in their pocket and aren't going to give them up anytime soon.

 

[RosaJ]

There's a link in this thread that clarifies the issue. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/406191-e-cig-battery-mistaken-bomb.html

There was no explosion whatsoever. There was a lithium battery being charged under the desk (not inside an ecig). The woman in the office was taken to the hospital because she inhaled the fumes coming out of the battery. That's quite different than an explosion from an ecig.

 

[Berylanna]

There's a link in this thread that clarifies the issue. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/406191-e-cig-battery-mistaken-bomb.html

There was no explosion whatsoever. There was a lithium battery being charged under the desk (not inside an ecig). The woman in the office was taken to the hospital because she inhaled the fumes coming out of the battery. That's quite different than an explosion from an ecig.

So it was probably hydrogen from an IMR. An explosion would almost be easier to explain, if you google cell phone battery explosions, you can get a screen shot full of gory picture.

If anybody is coming to Sacramento tomorrow, BRING A PRINTOUT! I'm not near a printer!

You Oklahoma folks should do that too.

 

[Berylanna]

I commented on one of these, the one with the picture of a red light. I disagreed with the poor woman who said it was ridiculous and could not happen because I wanted a chance to point out that ECIG BATTERIES ARE ALREADY REGULATED along with those dangerous cell phone batteries. The rules are: 1 in your device, 1-2 spares in a safe container, please keep them in carryon, NOT checked. And bulk shipments go by ground or water.

 

[jrt_]

in my opinion inaccurate, as it most likely was not the ecigarette but the battery itself, which can and did happen to laptops, cell phones or pretty much anything that uses a battery, especially lithium batteries.

 

[VClouds]

I don't have a link to it right now but I do remember a huge stink all over the media about several Apple IPods burning up while in teens pockets. Some of the articles had some rather graphic pictures of the burns.

Basically anything rechargeable battery/device has the potential to cause some form of problem.

Might be good information to get back in the public eye to show it's a battery issue and not an e-cig issue.

 

[Ardo]

Dmn those articles that prove to be wrong later on. Every time I see those headlines, my heart stops beating for second.

There's a link in this thread that clarifies the issue. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/406191-e-cig-battery-mistaken-bomb.html

There was no explosion whatsoever. There was a lithium battery being charged under the desk (not inside an ecig). The woman in the office was taken to the hospital because she inhaled the fumes coming out of the battery. That's quite different than an explosion from an ecig.