London Euston bomb scare: How dangerous are e-cigarettes?

Police evacuate the station after e-cigarette explodes on the main concourse

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(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

One of London's busiest train stations was in lockdown for part of last night after a small explosion blamed on an e-cigarette sent dozens of armed officers to Euston station fearing a bomb attack.

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