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Due to her experience, Kerri Absolom was placed on leave from her job until January 2023 and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The dog bed has holes burned through it by the hot vape. (Representative Image)
The risks of vape batteries are being brought to light by a woman from the US who required skin grafts and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Kerri Absolom, a 35-year-old Dorset mother, sustained third-degree burns when her vaporiser exploded in her pocket. She was rushing to leave her house when the frightening episode occurred, only to be confronted by smoke coming from her clothes.
Following the vape explosion, Kerri Absolom needed immediate medical assistance due to her serious injuries. “I’m not squeamish, so I looked and was shocked to see my leg had been burnt to a crisp. As I saw a small flame begin to flicker in my pocket, I tried to furiously pat it out with my hands,” she told Mirror.
“Sparks were jetting out of the battery like a firework. I tried, along with my husband, Christopher, to yank my trousers off as it got worse. We’d almost got them off when the vape battery fell through my trouser leg and onto the dog bed. The sparks fizzled out, but as it was scorching hot, the hissing battery melted through the bed into the carpet,” Kerri Absolom added.
This terrifying incident occurred in November 2022, when Kerri Absolom unplugged her lithium vape before leaving for work. When her husband Christopher, also 35, realised how serious Kerri’s condition was, he immediately called an ambulance, according to Devon Live.
To ease the “excruciating” pain from the burn, firefighters hurried Kerri Absolom into the garden and sprayed her leg with a hose. In the meantime, the sock-wrapped vape battery was quickly taken out of her home.
According to Kerri Absolom, the firefighters concluded that the ignition was caused by the vape battery coming into contact with her keys and using them as a conductor. Her skin kept leaking, so she was given morphine to control her discomfort during her week-long hospital stay in the burns unit.
Kerri Absolom had a skin transplant to help with the healing process and avoid scarring. Her physical and emotional recuperation, however, proved to be an overwhelming task. “The agony was unbearable. Even getting in the shower was painful. And I kept getting allergic reactions and rashes from the pain medication. I struggled to sleep because I was in a constant state of fear,” she recounted.
Kerri’s experience led to a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, and she was placed on leave until January 2023.
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