{"id":2183174,"date":"2026-10-07T04:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183174"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:59:14","slug":"man-warns-about-knock-off-vapes-after-wifes-bag-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183174","title":{"rendered":"Man warns about ‘knock-off- vapes after wife’s bag explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dusty Sheppard says he wants to raise awareness about what happened<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A man is warning about the dangers of “knock off” batteries after his wife’s vape blew up “like a firework”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dusty Sheppard said he was outside a pub in Gomshall in Surrey on Friday when “all of a sudden flames flew out” of his wife’s Maz’s handbag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It [was] like someone holding a Roman candle,” he told the BBC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“She felt the heat against her leg, threw her bag off and ran away like everybody else. [Her] reactions were very good.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sheppard said after looking at the debris, they realised two of the vapes’ rechargeable batteries – which he described as “cheap knock-offs” – had “literally exploded”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He says he now wants people to be aware of the risks of low-cost purchases. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We may have been slightly naive because you hear about these things, then all of a sudden it happens. We were lucky.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch: Vape explodes in woman’s bag<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sheppard, from Chilworth in Surrey, said fortunately no one was injured during the incident, which was captured on CCTV. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But he added that Maz had been “very shaken up afterwards”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She had a “very light singeing” on her arms and fringe, plus scorch marks on her clothing, he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her handbag – which someone threw a dog bowl of water over – had been left “smouldering on the floor”, Sheppard added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sheppard told the BBC he has since become more cautious about what batteries he buys and how he stores them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It was scary,” he said. “You start thinking about all the things that could happen [if they had gone off] in the house while we were asleep.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If they had been in a pocket or close to the skin, then it could have been far worse in terms of injury.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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