A German teenager has suffered serious injuries after accidentally creating an explosion in the family car with air freshener.
Police in the western city of Duisburg say the 17-year-old boy had been trying Wednesday to get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke in a recently purchased secondhand Volkswagen SUV.
They say the teen sprayed so much air freshener inside the vehicle that it turned into a “combustible gas mixture.” The gas ignited when he opened the passenger door and a light switched on.
Police said in a statement Thursday that the force of the explosion blew out the vehicle’s large glass sunroof.
The unidentified teen was hospitalized with burns to both arms.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
After he recovers and is released from hospital, will he still smoke?