Moment Elf bar E-cigarette EXPLODES a few feet from a baby and is captured by a security camera
A home security camera captured the terrifying moment an Elf Bar exploded just feet away from a baby sitting in a high chair.
The clip, posted to TikTok this week, was recorded by a Ring camera in a living room, showing the young child facing a counter where the electronic cigarette lay.
The mother said she went to the pantry to get her baby a snack when she heard a loud noise and saw fire erupting from the vapor about 200 feet from her child, who did not appear injured but was visibly terrified by the incident.
An Elf Bar, like most e-cigarettes, contains a lithium battery that can explode if it becomes too hot due to overcharging or exposure to direct sunlight.
The mother said she went to the pantry to get her baby a snack when she heard a loud noise and saw fire erupting from the vapor about two feet from her child, who did not appear injured but was visibly terrified by the incident.
It is not clear if the vapor in the video was charging when it caught fire.
The video was shot in a home in Oregon as mother, son and daughter enjoy what started out as a quiet day.
The footage begins with a young boy walking around the room while his sister sits quietly in her high chair in the kitchen.
A loud bang is then heard, startling the young child and causing sparks to fly from the counter.
The sparks, which shot towards the child’s dangling legs, quickly turned into flames that engulfed a small part of the table top.
“What’s happening,” Samantha Humphrey, the children’s mother, can be heard shouting from outside the camera frame.
Elf Bar is the most popular e-cigarette worldwide, generating more than $271 million last year, according to retail data tracker Nielsen
The clip, posted to TikTok this week, was shot from a living room and shows the young child facing a counter where the electronic cigarette lay
Humphrey quickly ran to her baby and brought her away from the flames pouring from the Elven bar.
“Oh my God,” the mother continued to scream with the young child in her arms.
Humphrey then appeared to grab a spray bottle to douse the flames.
Although the incident lasted only a few seconds, it is a stark reminder that fumes, even small, can pack a deadly punch if problems arise with the lithium battery.
E-cigarettes rely on a battery to power the heating coil, which in turn heats the e-liquid inside the device to convert it into the vapor that users inhale.
Manufacturers are turning to lithium batteries to create sleek, lightweight products that retain power between charges.
The mother quickly ran to her baby and brought her away from the flames pouring from the Elf bar. “Oh my God,” the mother continued to scream with the young child in her arms
A woman named Marine was also the victim of an exploding Elf Bar last year. She posted on a forum that she bought a new Crystal Elf Bar and plugged it in while leaving it on her bed, which also exploded
In most electronic products, such as mobile phones and laptops, strict regulations ensure that lithium-ion batteries are relatively safe.
However, they pose a health risk in the unregulated vape device industry, which is mainly based in China.
The first device in the recent e-cigarette innovation was developed in 2003 by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik, a former deputy director of the Institute of Chinese Medicine in Liaoning Province.
E-cigarettes hit the U.S. market around 2007, but it took about another seven years for the devices to take off — and then reports of explosions started to surface.
A 2023 study by Hannover Medical School in Germany found that 2,035 cases of e-cigarette explosions were admitted to U.S. emergency departments between 2015 and 2017.
A woman named Marine was also the victim of an exploding Elf Bar last year.
She posted on a forum that she bought a new Crystal Elf Bar and plugged it in while she lay on her bed.
‘I went to bed about half an hour later and unplugged it to taste. It tasted like vomit,” Marine wrote.
‘For some stupid reason I plugged it back in and five minutes later it exploded and started smoking really bad.
“It burned a hole six inches deep in our new mattress. The one that was on fire.”
Elf Bar is the most popular e-cigarette worldwide, generating more than $271 million last year, according to retail data tracker Nielsen.
In June 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called on 180 stores in the US to stop selling Elf Bars.
The fumes are not approved for use by the FDA and have previously been linked to health problems, including lung damage and heart problems, and may prompt young people to try other medications.