An exploding vape pen fatally wounded a 38-year-old Florida man in what is believed to be the nation’s first e-cigarette death, according to a government report.
Firefighters found Tallmadge Wakeman D’Elia’s burned body in the upstairs bedroom of his St. Petersburg home May 5 after a neighbor reported seeing flames, WTSP reported.
D’Elia, a former TV producer for CNBC, suffered burns on 80 percent of his body and also sustained injuries to his skull and brain. At least two parts of the exploding vape pen were removed from his cranium, the Pinellas County medical examiner told the Tampa Bay Times.
D’Elia was smoking an unregulated Smok-E Mountain Mech Works vape pen before he died. The pen does not come with safety features to ensure the device doesn’t overheat, according to an online product description.
A spokesman for Smok-E Mountain Mech Works told ABC Action News that they’ve been having issues with other companies cloning their batteries. The spokesman said the company’s devices do not explode and that the problem likely stems from the battery or the atomizer.
E-cigarette battery explosions are rare, but when they occur, the device “can be propelled across the room like a bullet or small rocket,” according to a FEMA report. There were 195 explosions between 2009 and 2016 but none resulted in death.
Via: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/st-pete-mans-death-may-be-the-first-from-an-exploding-vaping-pen/67-549681715
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Man Mauled Taking Selfie with Bear
A man in southern Odisha’s Nabarangpur district who wanted to click a selfie with a wounded bear, paid with his life for his recklessness when the animal mauled him to death on Wednesday evening, forest department officers said on Thursday.
Prabhu Bhatara, who was returning to Papadahandi with a few others in an SUV from Kotapad where they had gone to attend a wedding, had stopped near a forest to attend nature’s call. He then spotted an injured bear and decided to click a selfie with the wild animal.
Although the others in the vehicle cautioned him against doing so, Bhatara came perilously close to the bear which chased him and fatally mauled him. “Bhatara died on the spot,” forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra said.
The nearest forest office was around 10 km from the site of the attack. The forest officials could recover the body late on Wednesday night after tranquilising the bear. The driver’s fellow passengers who watched the entire act, were busy in shooting the incident on their mobile phones instead of trying to rescue him. A stray dog tried to fight with the bear but failed to save the man from the bear’s grip, forest officials said.
“The bear is being treated for its injuries,” Mohapatra said.
An amount of Rs 30,000 was paid to Bhatara’s family for performing his last rites. Angry locals staged a road blockade demanding ex-gratia payment for the kin of the deceased. Forest officials assured them that they would pay the compensation within 15 days.
Earlier this month, a wild bear killed three people, including two forest officials, in Keonjhar district and injured six others. The animal was later beaten to death by locals.
This is the third wild animal related selfie death in Odisha in the past one year.
Last December, a youth was killed by a wild elephant in Angul district when he tried to take a selfie with the animal. The elephant had strayed from its herd and was irritated when the youth came close to it. In September 2017, another young man in Rourkela was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trying to take a selfie with the animal.
Via: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bear-kills-man-trying-to-click-selfie-with-it-third-such-death-in-odisha/story-FjOuM94Is0DDZiKJoEzWsJ.html
Prabhu Bhatara, who was returning to Papadahandi with a few others in an SUV from Kotapad where they had gone to attend a wedding, had stopped near a forest to attend nature’s call. He then spotted an injured bear and decided to click a selfie with the wild animal.
Although the others in the vehicle cautioned him against doing so, Bhatara came perilously close to the bear which chased him and fatally mauled him. “Bhatara died on the spot,” forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra said.
The nearest forest office was around 10 km from the site of the attack. The forest officials could recover the body late on Wednesday night after tranquilising the bear. The driver’s fellow passengers who watched the entire act, were busy in shooting the incident on their mobile phones instead of trying to rescue him. A stray dog tried to fight with the bear but failed to save the man from the bear’s grip, forest officials said.
“The bear is being treated for its injuries,” Mohapatra said.
An amount of Rs 30,000 was paid to Bhatara’s family for performing his last rites. Angry locals staged a road blockade demanding ex-gratia payment for the kin of the deceased. Forest officials assured them that they would pay the compensation within 15 days.
Earlier this month, a wild bear killed three people, including two forest officials, in Keonjhar district and injured six others. The animal was later beaten to death by locals.
This is the third wild animal related selfie death in Odisha in the past one year.
Last December, a youth was killed by a wild elephant in Angul district when he tried to take a selfie with the animal. The elephant had strayed from its herd and was irritated when the youth came close to it. In September 2017, another young man in Rourkela was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trying to take a selfie with the animal.
Via: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bear-kills-man-trying-to-click-selfie-with-it-third-such-death-in-odisha/story-FjOuM94Is0DDZiKJoEzWsJ.html
Peeping Tom Found in Wall of Woman's Washroom
Calgary police are investigating after a maintenance worker at the CORE Shopping Centre discovered a man’s body inside a washroom wall.
Spokeswoman Emma Poole said a worker was called Monday morning to fix a toilet that wouldn’t flush in a women’s washroom in the downtown mall.
“If you were to look at the toilet, there’s a panel behind it so that when people move it would automatically flush,” she said. “When they removed that panel, they found a deceased person behind that wall.”
Yellow caution tape was draped across the bathroom entrance as security guards turned people away Monday. Early in the afternoon, people in the nearby food court were eating and others were using the men’s bathroom as police ducked in and out of the women’s bathroom.
Police and security guard the women’s washroom in Calgary’s CORE mall food court after reports that a body had been found in the wall of the washroom on Monday, April 30, 2018.
Later Monday afternoon police ruled out foul play in the case.
Ted Petrow said he was in the fourth floor men’s washroom at 9:30 a.m. when security staff cleared both washrooms.
“The security guards cleared out the men’s washroom and then their boss came over, the manager or whatever, and said ‘no, it’s just the women’s washroom.’ So I was allowed to go back in and finish my business,” said Petrow.
“A couple workmen came in, checking the walls to see if there was any hollow points. I could hear the banging. I was in the stall and I could hear them banging.”
By early afternoon, all the washrooms on the fourth floor were closed and part of the food court was cordoned off entirely and media were asked to move back. Curious mall staff and shoppers were milling about nearby.
Three of the eateries nearby were closed.
About an hour after the area was closed, someone wheeled a gurney past the cordon to the washroom. A short time later, the body was removed.
Poole said investigators have not yet determined if the death is suspicious. She said it’s possible someone crawling through a vent or duct fell from above and got stuck in the wall.
“That would be the most logical at this point is that it was from above,” said Poole. “So that is obviously something they would be looking at is someone crawling through the ventilation system.”
Via: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/breaking-worker-finds-body-inside-bathroom-wall-of-downtown-shopping-centre/wcm/8ccb7429-f348-499d-8b12-5debb16b3f6e
Spokeswoman Emma Poole said a worker was called Monday morning to fix a toilet that wouldn’t flush in a women’s washroom in the downtown mall.
“If you were to look at the toilet, there’s a panel behind it so that when people move it would automatically flush,” she said. “When they removed that panel, they found a deceased person behind that wall.”Yellow caution tape was draped across the bathroom entrance as security guards turned people away Monday. Early in the afternoon, people in the nearby food court were eating and others were using the men’s bathroom as police ducked in and out of the women’s bathroom.
Police and security guard the women’s washroom in Calgary’s CORE mall food court after reports that a body had been found in the wall of the washroom on Monday, April 30, 2018.
Later Monday afternoon police ruled out foul play in the case.
Ted Petrow said he was in the fourth floor men’s washroom at 9:30 a.m. when security staff cleared both washrooms.
“The security guards cleared out the men’s washroom and then their boss came over, the manager or whatever, and said ‘no, it’s just the women’s washroom.’ So I was allowed to go back in and finish my business,” said Petrow.
“A couple workmen came in, checking the walls to see if there was any hollow points. I could hear the banging. I was in the stall and I could hear them banging.”
By early afternoon, all the washrooms on the fourth floor were closed and part of the food court was cordoned off entirely and media were asked to move back. Curious mall staff and shoppers were milling about nearby.
Three of the eateries nearby were closed.
About an hour after the area was closed, someone wheeled a gurney past the cordon to the washroom. A short time later, the body was removed.
Poole said investigators have not yet determined if the death is suspicious. She said it’s possible someone crawling through a vent or duct fell from above and got stuck in the wall.
“That would be the most logical at this point is that it was from above,” said Poole. “So that is obviously something they would be looking at is someone crawling through the ventilation system.”
Via: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/breaking-worker-finds-body-inside-bathroom-wall-of-downtown-shopping-centre/wcm/8ccb7429-f348-499d-8b12-5debb16b3f6e
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