A man has been left scarred for life after an e-cigarette in his trouser pocket exploded "like a firework" - leaving him with horrific burns. Dan Walker, 20, has been told he may need skin grafts following the terrifying incident during a shopping trip last weekend.
He was at a retail park in Birmingham when the e-cig's battery ignited inside his pocket - setting his leg on fire. Dan pulled down his tracksuit bottoms in front of horrified shoppers - who rolled him on the ground to put out the flames. Doctors told him he could have lost his leg if he had been wearing jeans when the battery exploded.
Jaguar Land Rover worker Dan, from Tamworth, Staffs, said:
"I've been left traumatised for life by what happened.More photos:
"To hear a bang and look down to see your leg on fire is not something I would wish on anyone. The pain was out of this world.
"As I walked into one of the shops I heard this bang and a whistle like you hear from a firework and my leg had caught fire.
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