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MATHIAS A GRADUATE OF MASS
MARITIME ACADEMY.
AT 5:30 LIGHTING UP DANGER
E-CIGARETTE BATTERIES EXPLODING
PUTTING USERS AT RISK FOR
SERIOUS BURNS.
IN FACT RIGHT NOW A TEENAGED
GIRL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS
RECOVERING FROM BURNS TO HER
FACE HANDS AND HER BODY.
THE ISSUE HERE A BATTERY
THAT EXPLODED.
LOCAL DOCTORS SAY THIS IS A
GROWING PROBLEM.
Reporter: THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
INHALING WHEN YOU TAKE A DRAG
FROM AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE.
BUT NOW DOCTORS AND FIRE
OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING AN ALARM
ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF THE
DEVICES THEMSELVES.
ONE EXPLODED IN A NEW HAMPSHIRE
TEEN'S HANDS LAST WEEK.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAYS BOSTON
DOCTORS HAVE HAD SIMILAR CASES.
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL GET
TOGETHER AND REGULATE IT BEFORE
THESE INCIDENTS ARE RARE IF YOU
USE THEM ENOUGH AS A POPULATION
OF PEOPLE THERE WILL BE
PROBLEMS IN IRKS IN THE FIVE
YEARS BEFORE 2014, # .5 MILLION
AMERICANS REPORTED USING E-
CIGARETTES.
THERE WERE 25 EXPLOSIONS OR
FIRES INVOLVING THEM NATIONWIDE
LEADING TO 9 INJURIES.
EXPERTS SAY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
WHEN USERS COMBINE E CIGARETTE
PARTS ANT MEANT TO USE
TOGETHER.
AT THIS STORE ANY TIME SOMEONE
BUYS WHAT'S CALLED A HYBRID
THEY HAVE TO SIGN A DISCLAIMER
AND THIS SAYS THAT THEY WON'T
USE WITH IT THE WRONG KIND OF
ATOMIZER BECAUSE THAT COULD
CAUSE AN EXPLOSION.
WE TRY TO EDUCATE EVERYONE.
WE EDUCATE THEM HOW TO FILL IT
HOW TO USE IT.
Reporter: SALES OF E-
CIGARETTES WERE ESTIMATED AT
$1.7 BILLION LAST YEAR.
AS THAT NUMBER GROWS AT A RAPID
FIRE PACE SO DOES THE URGENCY