In a California electronic store, one minute a customer is in a back room picking out a TV, the next his pocket explodes into sparks and flames. He is screaming and yelling. All of his right leg was completely burned. It's the latest e-cigarette to explode in a long list of similar cases across the country. Experts saying most are caused by lithium ion batteries often used in modified vape devices made overseas.
A study showing 62 percent of explosions happen while the e-cigarette is in someone's pocket or actively being used. Earlier this year thefirst documented case of an e-cigarette killing someone. A 38 year old man died after his vape pen exploded. His cause of death listed as a projectile wound to the head. Now another e-cigarette explosion caught on camera showing the potential for danger carried by millions every day.