National Forensic Doctor

An e-cigarette explosion killed someone, and not long after this conclusion came out, several forensic doctors arrived in the autopsy room.

Zhan Kan also came in with an e-cigarette in his mouth and asked as soon as he entered, "Captain Jiang, I heard that someone was killed by an e-cigarette explosion? I’ve heard about e-cigarettes catching fire, but not exploding."

Jiang Yuan looked at him with a bit of surprise and said, "I didn’t know you smoked."

Zhan Kan had assisted Jiang Yuan several times before, and some autopsies took several hours, yet Jiang Yuan had never seen Zhan Kan step out for a smoke.

Zhan Kan shook his head and said, "I just use it to counter the old smokers in the office. The smell of second-hand smoke is too unpleasant. When I first started vaping, many people told me it was harmless, but later I realized that vaping has its own set of harms, so I cut down. Today, when I heard about the e-cigarette explosion, I felt a jolt of fear and hurried over to see."

"The e-cigarette explosion might not be what you’re thinking," Jiang Yuan felt that the possibility of remote control or triggering was still quite high; otherwise, it couldn’t have coincidentally killed the victim just when certain people needed it to. It even started a fire that nearly burned all the evidence away.

Zhan Kan let out a breath and said, "As long as it’s not a simple explosion, I’d better take a couple of puffs to calm my nerves."

Seeing him take a serious drag, Jiang Yuan could not help but smile and said, "Overseas, there have been straightforward cases of people killed by e-cigarette explosions."

"Cough cough cough..." Zhan Kan choked and couldn’t help but say, "Can such a small battery really be deadly?"

"Yes, not as severe as our case, but still lethal, probably because the explosion’s fragments pierced the carotid artery," Jiang Yuan paused, then added, "There are a lot more cases of fires starting..."