E Cigarette Explosion Injury Blamed on Batteries A 16 Year Old Teen Suffered Second Degree Burns When an E Cigarette Exploded in His Face E Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager's Mouth, Damaging His Jaw The New York Times Video demonstration of fatal electronic cigarette explosion. 25 separate incidents of explosions and fires involving e cigarettes were reported from 2009 to 2014 with 8% of these being reported as