Up in smoke ... A man nearly had his legs blown off after his electronic cigarette exploded while he was smoking. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
AN exploding e-cigarette left a man in hospital after nearly blowing off his legs and leaving his home destroyed in the fire that followed.
British man David Aspinall says he turned to e-cigarettes as the'healthier' option.
However he was left fighting for his life after one overheated and exploded while he was smoking, reports The Sun.
Mr Aspinall says the blast sprayed him with metal and 'nearly killed him'. He nearly lost his apartment in the resulting fire.
He spent nine days in hospital fighting, with doctors comparing his gaping wounds to bullet wounds.
He now faces three years of skin grafts and a long road to recovery.
"It glowed and burned in my hand," said Mr Aspinall told The Sun.
"I dropped it and it exploded."
Mr Aspinall managed to stagger to his neighbour's home and call for help.
"It could have blown my head off. I thought I'd lose a leg. I'm just glad I'm alive," he said.
The surgeon said it was like someone had used a gun."
He has since sworn off ecigarettes and gone back to normal ones, which he says are "safer".
The shocking accident comes after UK man David Thompson, 62, was killed earlier this year when his ecigarette exploded while he was charging it, reports The Mirror.
The blast started a fire which is believed to have killed Thompson when it reached the oxygen container he used to breathe.
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