Man killed as e-cigarette 'explodes'

[xxJollyRogerxx]

I was reading the latest news about a new computer viruses infecting USB sticks and hacking computers, phones, etc and I look over and see this!


BBC News - Man killed as e-cigarette 'explodes', Merseyside fire service says




You guys should read the article on the USB virus too!
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28701124

 

[Buggainok]

Sorry for the poor man and his family. But that is really a misleading headline. After reading the article, it seems the battery charger exploded and caused a fire which ignited oxygen tanks in use.

So in theory, another device could have been charging on the charger when it malfunctioned and started a fire, which was intensified by the oxygen in use. How very like the press to blame e-cigarettes once again, not the charger, which was not intended to be used on the e-cigarette in the first place.

 

[Tinkiegrrl]

This could happen to anyone, charging anything. I'm sure it can and has happened with cell phones. I'm sure it's still a lot safer to charge a battery then it is to smoke a cigarette while on oxygen treatment.

 

[-Redd-]

Ahem


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...807-not-sort-news-vaping-needs-right-now.html

 

[classwife]

Already a thread running on this :

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/591764-man-killed-bbc-article.html


Moving to Media and General News and closing as a duplicate