Shell gas station employee Manoj Kumar thought a man was carrying an explosive device in his pants after his pockets burst into flames last Saturday in Owensboro, Ky. "I asked, 'You have a bomb in your pocket?' because I couldn't believe it," said Kumar, who witnessed Josh Hamilton's e-cigarette explode as the customer walked toward the counter.
Hamilton immediately ran out of the store and was aided by a store employee who put out the fire with an extinguisher. "Third degree burns all up and down my leg. Just had an Ecig battery blow up and catch fire inside my pocket! Ouch ow ow ow," Josh wrote on his Facebook page. He was later treated for second-degree burns after being taken to the hospital for leg injuries.
Watch the scene play out above and take a look at his gruesome burn in the gallery.
Source: USA Today
