E-cigarette explosion injures girl at Orlando theme park

[FrodosPet]

E-cigarette explosion injures girl at Orlando theme park

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/us-and-world-news/209314157-story

POSTED:OCT 02 2016 03:31PM EDT
UPDATED:OCT 03 2016 09:34AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police say a teenage girl riding a Universal Orlando amusement park ride suffered burns when an electronic cigarette belonging to another rider exploded and shot a fireball at her.

Police told the Orlando Sentinel the 14-year-old from Tennessee was riding the Hogwarts Express train Saturday with her family when an e-cigarette belonging to a rider in another group blew up in his pocket and the fireball hit her in the face and elsewhere.

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The girl was taken to the hospital with mild to moderate burns to her face, arm and leg. Her name was not released. The man suffered minor injuries.

[onehandle]

1. Weren't they supposed to be regulating these time bombs by now? nt

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. It's not the e-cig itself, but the battery.

Just like the Samsung debacle. Those batteries can be dangerous, especially if they overcharge or overheat.