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A 38-year-old guy in Florida was killed when his vape pen exploded, sending out projectiles into his head and causing a small fire in his home, in what is thought to be one of the very first deaths from an e-cigarette explosion.Tallmadge D'Elia was found May 5 in the burning bedroom of his family's home in St. Petersburg, according to the Tampa Bay Times. An autopsy report released his week blamed a vape pen surge for his death, according to regional news media outlets. The cause of death was noted as projectile injury of head - the pen blew up into pieces, at least 2 of which were sent into his head, the report said - and he suffered burns on about 80 percent of his body.The mod -type pen, distributed by Smok-E Mountain, is made in the Philippines, according to a business Facebook page, the Times reported. The Facebook page is not currently publicly accessible.According to a report from the U.S. Fire Administration (part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency), there were at least 195 events in which an electronic cigarette took off or caught fire from 2009 through 2016, resulting in 133 injuries, 38 of which were serious. There were no taped deaths in the research study's period.The surges generally occur suddenly, the report found, and are accompanied by loud sound, a flash of light, smoke, flames, and typically vigorous ejection of the battery and other parts. More than half of the total events, 128, consisted of fires began on nearby objects.The report blamed the events on the prevalence of lithium-ion batteries in the items. No other consumer product places a battery with a recognized explosion hazard such as this in such close distance to the body, it said. It is this intimate contact in between the body and the battery that is most accountable for the severity of the injuries that have actually been seen. While the failure rate of the lithium-ion batteries is very little, the repercussions of a failure, as we have seen, can be severe and life-altering for the consumer. An agent from Smok-E Mountain told Tampa TV station WFTS that it thought the problem to be a concern with the gadget's atomizer or battery, and not the device itself.The health effects connected to the consumption of electronic cigarette vapor are still being studied by government agencies.There are no guidelines that apply to the security of the electronic mechanics or batteries of e-cigarettes, the U.S. Fire Administration report noted, though they are being considered by the Food and Drug Administration.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's suggestions for e-cigarette usage consist of: not bring loose vapor cigarette batteries in a pocket, where they might come into contact with other metal items; not charging with a phone charger; not charging while ignored; and not mixing and matching various brand names or old and new batteries.(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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North Korea has threatened to cancel the summit with Donald Trump over military drills (File)

Beijing, China:  China said Wednesday that North Korea and the United States should hold their historic summit as planned after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of the highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle will get married in St George's Chapel on 19th May (File Photo)London, United Kingdom: With simply three days to precede the wedding event of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace on Wednesday exposed the list of page boys and bridesmaids who will attend the nuptials.Here is a
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Moscow:  President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened a $4 billion bridge directly linking Russia to Crimea, giving him a propaganda victory that drew condemnation from the West and served as the latest demonstration of Putin's personalized system of power.

Putin, clad in jeans and a jacket, walked on the Russian end of the

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Neighbors of Jonathan Allen, Ina Rogers said they had no idea the couple even had so many children

Ten children have been removed from a home in Fairfield, California, where police say they were tortured, burned, beaten and even shot with a pellet gun
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Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is a free man just one week after his coalition's shock election win and after more than three years in jail. Still, while it clears the way for him to return to politics, it's unlikely he will take over as premier
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