PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A Naples man was taken to a South Florida hospital after his family said he was badly burned when an electronic cigarette exploded in his face.
Evan Spahlinger, 21, was being treated at Kendall Regional Medical Center after Monday's incident.
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A woman who called 911 described what happened in a conversation with an emergency dispatcher.
LISTEN: 911 call
"I think it was from those electric cigarettes," she told the 911 dispatcher.
She said he was awake, "but he doesn't look good."
The 911 dispatcher told the woman not to touch any of the chemical debris and to take off his clothes.
"He doesn't have any clothes on, except for shorts," the woman said.
She said Spahlinger's face and neck were burned and her smoke alarm sounded after the explosion.
Spahlinger could be heard coughing and vomiting in the background of the 911 call.
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