This image shows the destruction caused by a vape which exploded after being plugged in to charge. Dom, who doesn't want to give his surname, found the damage after smelling smoke at his flat.
He had purchased the e-cig for £9.99 from an off licence days earlier and was boosting its battery. But when he smelled smoke he went to investigate - and saw a blaze raging on his bed.
Dom, 29, says the vape looked like a reputable brand- but he now thinks it was a fake. He said: "You hear these stories about vapes - so it wasn't a colossal surprise. The alarm was going off for five minutes
"I went into the corridor and saw thick smoke and went into the bedroom and the bed was ablaze. I didn't really know what it was until I got in the room but my vape was plugged into the wall and it was at the centre of the blaze."
He added: "After I put it out the rest of the day was spent scraping molten plastic off of the floor. It seems like there's not going to be any lasting damage to the property itself as it's all coming off the floor."
Whilst the incident hasn't put Dom off vaping, he says he won't be looking to save money on them in the future. He said: "I'm not going to be buying them from corner shops moving forward.
"It hasn't put me off them too much - but I won't be buying from there. It cost me £9.99 - and normally they'd be about £15."
