Not the sort of news vaping needs right now ...

[aubergine]

I'm sure the guy either had COPD or lung cancer and was trying to quit smoking. I used to work in the DME industry. We supplied oxygen concentrators, liquid o2 systems and bottled o2 to people in their homes. It would floor you if you knew how many people smoked while on o2.

I worked hospice for 11 years and the majority of patients were smokers with COPD/lung cancer. And oh yeah they did. With trembling hands and falling, still burning butts and ashes, and constantly. Somehow in all of those years there wasn't a single incident, something about the way the tanks were sealed, I was told. "Could happen but a very long shot." None of the long-time medical staff were really very concerned about it, just a token warning and let it be, though they'd not admit that to oversight. The patients didn't care at all, by and large - smoking was a last consolation and kind of a way of shaking a defiant fist at the universe, there was no stopping it.

 

[Equilibrium]

I worked hospice for 11 years and the majority of patients were smokers with COPD/lung cancer. And oh yeah they did. With trembling hands and falling, still burning butts and ashes, and constantly. Somehow in all of those years there wasn't a single incident, something about the way the tanks were sealed, I was told. "Could happen but a very long shot." None of the long-time medical staff were really very concerned about it, just a token warning and let it be, though they'd not admit that to oversight. The patients didn't care at all, by and large - smoking was a last consolation and kind of a way of shaking a defiant fist at the universe, there was no stopping it.

Yep.... I worked for a DME company and I was their repair technician for o2 concentrators, liquid o2 systems, bi-paps, c-paps etc.. we had 14 stores with close to 7000 o2 paitents and not once did we have an incident that involved smoking around the oxygen. We strongly advised against it, but know full well that some didn't listen. However... we did have two incidents where a patient fell asleep in bed while smoking and burned their house or appt down.

 

[Raztax]

This could have happened if he used an inappropriate charger to charge his cell phone or laptop as well. batteries are batteries. Everyone needs to know and remember to use only the chargers that are sold with those batteries. I'm still going to say that charging a battery is still likely to be safer then lighting a cigarette while on an oxygen treatment.

That's what I dont understand. The headline should be 'Man Dies When Charging Battery Explodes' The fact that it was an e-cig is irrelevant.

 

[faile]

There is a problem when the chief fire officer of one city reports 9 ecig fires so far. Multiply that up by every city and there could have been hundreds of ecig charger fires.

Against the tens of millions of eGos out there it's not a lot (and it's always the eGos catching on fire) - but even so it's too many.

Makes me wonder who's selling bad kits in that city...

 

[rolygate]

Yeah, Scousers eh?




[translation for non-Brits: a 'scouser' is a Liverpudlian, a person from Liverpool. It comes from the word lobscous which originated in Scandinavia and is still used in Germany as Labscaus (at least one restaurant in Hamburg serves it). It's a dish made from boiled meat and was one of the few ways to eat food after being at sea for three weeks without a fridge, as was common on the packet ships sailing to the USA in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from Liverpool. Liverpool was Britain's busiest seaport in the days of sail. Scouser is a friendly term and not seen as pejorative or otherwise disrespectful.]

 

[Spencer87]

Good, that they informed people it was human error. I feel they could have Just said battery as oppose to e cigarettes battery.

 

[AlfyB]

A French tabloid printed yesterday that the unit blew while the man was using his e-cig. I guess technically, charging an e-cig means using it, but of course, everyone understands from the article that he was in the process of vaping. The propaganda goes on.