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Fire fighters extinguish the inferno that left a teenager injured after an air freshener caused a car explosion

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Sep,23-2016 12:55:12

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 second--hand 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.

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