Talk about cutting it fine! Barber, 26, is BURNED by ‘exploding vape’ during Wetherspoons booze-up
- WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
- Blayre Turnbull, 26, was at Wetherspoons when his vape ‘burst into flames’
- The incident on Sunday August 7, has left the barber ‘scarred for life’
- The barber was rushed to hospital after the burn scalded muscles in his legs
A barber has suffered third-degree burns after his vape ‘burst into flames’ whilst out at the pub with his father.
Blayre Turnbull, 26, was at a Wetherspoons pub, The Wheatsheaf Inn in Kilmarnock, Scotland, when his vape exploded.
The freak incident, which happened on Sunday August 7, has left the barber ‘scarred for life’.
The Ayshire barber was forced to frantically take off his trousers in the middle of the pub when he realised his vape had burnt a hole in his trousers, Ayrshire Live reports.
A barber has suffered third-degree burns after his vape ‘burst into flames’ whilst out at the pub with his father
Blayre Turnbull, 26, was at a Wetherspoons pub, The Wheatsheaf Inn in Kilmarnock, Scotland, when his vape exploded
The burn scalded the muscles in his legs.
Mr Turnbull was then rushed to Crosshouse Hospital where medics had to clean out battery acid and vape oil from his wounds.
‘My vape just burst into flames, now I’ve got third degree burns on my leg. The burns are so severe that they’ve scalded right through to my tendons’, he said.
‘They’ve had to take skin from one thigh to use as a skin graft. I’m scarred for life now.
‘My hand was all blistered up all my fingers except my middle finger and I’ve got three or four huge blisters on my palm.’
Mr Turnbull says he turned the device off after using it outside the venue before he heard a ‘spark’ and smoke started to come from his trouser pocket.
He said: ‘I didn’t know what was happening to begin with – it sounded like my vape was sparking up.
‘I noticed the smoke was coming through my pocket and by the time I put my hand on it, it was on fire.
‘I had to run away and drop my trousers. It wasn’t the best experience at all.’
Pub bosses have praised the ‘fast reaction’ of brave staff who extinguished the fire.
Mr Turnbull, originally from Kilmarnock, purchased the device from online vape giant VPZ in September 2020 along with rechargeable batteries.
The barber, who lives with his fiancé in Auchinleck, is convinced the battery exploded.
He was transferred from Crosshouse Hospital to a specialist burns unit in Glasgow at the Royal Infirmary where medics reportedly told him his vape burns were one of the worst cases they had seen.
Mr Turnbull, who is still recovering from his burns, is now warning other users not to put vapes in their pockets.
Mr Turnbull says he turned the device off after using it outside the venue before he heard a ‘spark’ and smoke started to come from his trouser pocket
Vape giant VPZ confirmed Mr Turnbull purchased the vape in September 2020 and said that all their products are regulated and approved by The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
The firm strongly advises that customers use a protective case for external batteries which are provided with all batteries to ensure ‘they are stored safely and correctly when not in use.’
A spokesperson said: ‘We provide all of our customers with a battery safety guide to help them use their vaping kit in a responsible way, and recommend that they change external batteries every six months if they are a heavy user and once a year if a light user.’
A spokesperson for Wetherspoons added: ‘We hope that the customer makes a speedy and full recovery.’
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