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 MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Naples area man is in a medically induced coma at a Miami hospital after an e-cigarette blew up in his face. 
 
 “I was laying in bed with my two-year old and I heard an explosion,” said Ema Richardson. “Then I started smelling burning, smoke and fire.” 
 
 Richardson said when she went into another room she found her 21-year old brother Evan Spahlinger on the floor. His face and upper part of his body was covered in soot, the e-cigarette he had been puffing on had exploded. 
 
 “I found my brother not breathing with his whole face burned and his neck burned and trying to throw up a little or maybe he was gasping for air,” said Richardson. 
 
 Spahlinger was rushed to NCH Downtown Naples Hospital before he was flown to a Miami. 
 
 “They said he has internal and external burns and damage to his lungs from the explosion itself and possibly the mouth piece went, when the cigarette exploded it went down his throat and exploded again,” she said. 
 
 North Collier Fire Control and Rescue said the explosion was most likely caused by the device’s lithium battery. Richardson said her brother will never use an e-cig again. 
 
 “He said I’m done, that’s it. That’s the only thing he said. Luckily I was here. It was the most traumatic experience I think of my life.” 
 
 Nationwide, there have been several reports of e-cigarette batteries exploding. A California woman won a $2 million dollar award by a jury after an e-cigarette incident left her with serious burns. 

 MIAMI - A Naples man is recovering in a Miami hospital after his family says he was badly burned when an electronic cigarette exploded in his face. 
 
 Evan Spahlinger, 21, was at the burn unit at Kendall Regional Hospital Tuesday, a day after he was injured in the face and neck by the explosion. 
 
 His mother told NBC 2 in Fort Myers that he underwent cosmetic surgery Tuesday and was heavily sedated. 
 
 Spahlinger is heard coughing and vomiting in the background of a 911 call of the incident released Tuesday. 
 
 "It exploded in his face, electric (sic) cigarette," a woman tells a 911 operator in the call. "He's awake but he doesn't look good...he's barely breathing." 
 
 The woman requested firefighters and said the smoke alarm is going off, while the operator asked about his injuries. 
 
 "It's his face. He has burns on his neck too that I'm seeing," she says. 
 
 Spahlinger was taken to a Naples-area hospital before he was flown to Miami. Family members didn't say what type or brand of e-cigarette Spahlinger was using and it's unknown what caused it to explode. 
 
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– There's got to be a less dramatic way to quit smoking. WPTV reports a Florida man is in the hospital after his e-cigarette exploded in his face Monday, leaving him with a badly burned face and neck. Ema Richardson found her 21-year-old brother Evan Spahlinger on the floor and covered in soot after hearing an explosion and smelling smoke, according to CBS Miami. “I found my brother not breathing with his whole face burned and his neck burned and trying to throw up a little or maybe he was gasping for air,” Richardson says. Spahlinger was rushed to the hospital and put into a medically induced coma. Richardson tells CBS that Spahlinger has internal and external burns and damage to his lungs. She says the mouthpiece from his e-cigarette may have gone down his throat and exploded a second time. According to WPTV, Spahlinger underwent cosmetic surgery Tuesday. Before he was taken to the hospital, Richardson tells CBS her brother managed to tell her he was done with e-cigarettes forever. Officials believe the explosion was caused by the e-cigarette's lithium battery, the culprit blamed in other e-cigarette explosions around the country. (Forget about packing e-cigs into your checked luggage.)