maynard Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Updated March 25, 2010U.K. Teen Dies in Blast After Cigarette Sparks Hair BleachNewsCoreIn freak accident, hydrogen peroxide used to lighten hair sparks when hair dresser lights a cigarette, causing her car to explode. A British hairdresser died after her cigarette ignited a leaking bottle of hydrogen peroxide bleach which then blew up in her car as she drove along a quiet country lane, the Bournemouth Echo reported Thursday.Jennie Mitchell's grieving father Bob urged hairdressers to show extreme caution when carrying the hydrogen peroxide, a powerful bleach used to lighten hair when mixed with ammonia."The hydrogen peroxide had ventilated in the car. She opened the window, which introduced oxygen," he said."Jennie was a smoker and it’s likely that she lit or had a lit a cigarette.“Until the accident, nobody knew this could happen. We keep saying, you couldn’t have written this in a script.â€"We want to warn people how volatile hydrogen peroxide is, even if it is kept in the boot of a car. Jennie’s friends have all said they carry it," added her mother Pauline Mitchell.An inquest into the 19-year-old's death was opened in Dorset, southern England on Tuesday and is expected to resume in three months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER&BURNETT Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Who would have thought that would happen?I hope she died instantly, and didn't suffer. :cry:That is so sad.That is an unexpected, freak accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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