November 9, 2016
A 17-year-old boy died in an explosion after flash paper from his family’s online magic business ignited when he used hairspray on a 3D printer for a school art project. Sixth Form pupil Tom Taylor used three canisters of hairspray to stick the piece of work to the hot plate of the printer after watching the technique online, an inquest heard. An electric spark from either a nearby socket or the hot plate caused the hairspray gases, which had built up over several hours, to combust and ignite highly flammable flash papers that his family stored underneath the desk. Tom tried to walk out of the back office, which his family called the “smoke room”, but he inhaled fumes and collapsed, a coroner was told. He died from smoke inhalation. The 3D printer had been bought on eBay several months earlier and was described as “low end”. An inquest heard Tom’s mother, Helen Taylor, heard the “loud bang”, but his step-father Max Clark was unable to enter the room after being confronted by a wall of flames. Attempts to smash a window also failed. Tom’s body was recovered from the converted Co-op store, where his family lived and also ran an online magic business called “MagicNevin”. Ten fire engines battled the inferno, which broke out in Lincoln at around 4.25pm on December 21. Witnesses described it as a “great big ball of flame”, which could be seen from miles around. Tom lived at the property with his twin brother Jack, mother Helen, 46, and 49-year-old step-father Max Clark. An inquest at Lincoln Cathedral Centre was told Tom’s family had chosen not to attend the hearing as the evidence would be too “upsetting”. The inquest was told flash papers commonly used by magicians had been incorrectly stored underneath the desk where Tom was working on a “nuts and bolt” art project. – See more at: https://www.hazmatnation.com/teenage-boy-killed-in-3d-printer-explosion-during-school-art-project/#sthash.EqNnaCdV.h0YYrqUR.dpuf
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