Parents of Jennifer Mitchell, 19, a mobile stylist from Shaftesbury, Dorset, are calling for hairdressing professionals to take extra care when carrying around hydrogen peroxide, following her death earlier this month. The teenager is suspected to have died when she lit up a cigarette in her car that contained the chemical.
Bob Mitchell and wife Pauline believe the chemical, commonly used for dyeing and bleaching the hair, may have leaked and caused the fatal explosion.
Mrs Mitchell told the Bournemouth Echo: "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."
The hydrogen peroxide had ventilated in the car, adds Mr Mitchell. She opened the window, which introduced oxygen. Jennie was a smoker and its likely that she lit or had alight a cigarette.
A full inquest into the hairdressers death is to take place later this year.
Bob Mitchell and wife Pauline believe the chemical, commonly used for dyeing and bleaching the hair, may have leaked and caused the fatal explosion.
Mrs Mitchell told the Bournemouth Echo: "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."
The hydrogen peroxide had ventilated in the car, adds Mr Mitchell. She opened the window, which introduced oxygen. Jennie was a smoker and its likely that she lit or had alight a cigarette.
A full inquest into the hairdressers death is to take place later this year.