E-cigarette battery explodes in woman's pocket and sets her on fire

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A warning to anyone who vapes.

, in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, when she started to ‘feel and hear something in her pocket’.

Sarah screamed out loud when she realised she was on fire and an elderly couple rushed to use bottled water from Aldi’s shelves to put the flames out. Indeed, the London Fire Brigade tells people to ‘never let your [e-cigarette] battery come into contact with metal items such as coins or keys in a pocket or bag, as this can cause a short circuit and explosion.’

During all the chaos, a young man used Sarah’s phone to call Andrew – who was away for work in North Wales.‘I keep thinking that a few minutes earlier she would have been‘I think we both had a little private whimper to ourselves last nightcertain members of public were in the shop at the same time.’

 

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