Singh said, “He was giving me money”.
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Gas station employee Manoj Kumar told WFIE that he originally thought the customer had a bomb in his pocket before realizing the situation.
Surveillance video from a convenience store in Kentucky captures the possible dangers associated with e-cigarettes.
It happened over the weekend at a Shell Gas Station. “Suddenly, there was a blast in his pocket and then there was a fire”.
Hamilton runs outside the door, past Kumar, where he struggles to get his burning trousers off.
A shocking video captured the moment an e-cigarette burst into flames – inside a man’s trouser pocket.
“I was shocked! I was like what was that?”
“I was just shocked”. You have a bomb in your pocket?’ I was like, ‘That!
Even with the quick action and a trip to the local hospital, Hamilton received nasty second-degree burns from the explosion.
The man says he has second degree burns on his leg, but he’s able to walk.
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Hamilton’s misfortune is the latest in a long line of technical failures linked to e-cigarette devices, with numerous reports of the vaping devices exploding while people were using them.
