e-cigarette explodes plugged into USB port


Recommended Posts

An Atlanta woman says she is lucky to be alive after an electronic cigarette she was charging in her computer's USB port exploded ? and burned a hole in her rug.

"If I hadn't had been home, I would have lost my dogs, I would have lost my cats, I would have lost my house," Elizabeth Wilkowski told WSB-TV. "It was like, 'Kaboom!' And I see this flame shooting across my living room."

Wilkowski says she used a cleaning rag to grab the e-cigarette and extinguish the flame.

The store where she bought the device ? a smoke-free cigarette that delivers a nicotine kick in a cool mist ? said it no longer carries the eHit brand e-cigarette, which is made in China by Shenzhen Seego Technology.

According to the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, there are more than 3.5 million e-cigarettes in use in the United States.

more & video

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Mass produced Chinese crap. It's just a rechargeable battery (more than likely Li-Ion), nothing more.

 

Literally has zero to do with it being an e-cig, the "cig" part is inert. It could just as easily have been a phone, or a laptop.

 

These little batteries hold a fair amount of energy, and if the charging circuit is defective, they can go pop.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.