Man left with a hole in his tongue after vape pen explodes while smoking

A man was hospitalised in New York after a vape pen exploded while he was smoking. It injured his tongue leaving a hole in it, knocked out some of his teeth, and burnt parts of his face.

Brandon Barbero, of Albany told WTEN, that the vape pen blew up as soon as he pressed the button while smoking. "(It was) like a M80 bomb went off in my mouth," Barbero recounted.

“When I hit the button, I saw a huge yellow light. The next thing I know, I'm on the floor and my arms are paralyzed.”

Brandon's mother said she presumed that the battery exploded.

With a hole in his tongue, he cannot swallow anything and also has an air pocket stuck in his throat. His father shared the following post on Facebook, warning his friends who indulge in smoking through vaporizers.