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Watch moment e-cig explodes in man’s pocket

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/29/watch-moment-e-cig-explodes-in-mans-pocket-5725207/

This is the moment an e-cig battery explodes in a man’s pocket just inches from his seven-year-old son.

Mick Bennett, 47, was severely burned and spent 10 days in Wythenshawe Hospital, needing skin grafts.

He has also lost some feeling in his leg due to nerve damage.

Mick, from Bamford, Rochdale, had been skating around Bury Roller Rink with two of his children when the battery ‘went off like a rocket’.

You can seen in the video how the electrician was going to take the hand of his youngest son Michael when his pocket all of a sudden combusted.

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

Mick said: ‘I’d been picking my son up the whole time as he kept falling over, that explosion could’ve been in his face.

‘I’d taken a day off work to take my eldest and youngest rollerskating as my wife Rosemary needed to work.

‘The battery wasn’t even on, I don’t know what happened, it just went off like a Roman candle or something.

‘The lights came on and the music went off – people were just staring at me, and then the manager ran over to see if I was okay.’

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

Mick said his trousers had melted and were smouldering and he also ended up with burns to his hands from trying to put out the flames.

He now has to attend hospital every two days for his burns to be re-dressed.

‘It was a nightmare, I was in shock and the kids were just silent, they were terrified,’ he added.

‘These things shouldn’t be able to just go off like that. I’ve been onto trading standards as well as the remains of the battery is now with them.’

Mick has now sought legal advice from Manchester-based Carter and Carter Solicitors.

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

Michael Bennett from Bamford, Rochdale, was in hospital for 10 days and needed skin grafts after an ecig battery exploded in his pocket while he was at a roller skating rink with his children. The explosion was caught on camera.

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