Friday 30 November 2007

Phones exploding around the world

Here’s a story that wasn’t all that it seemed. First of all, police in South Korea said a quarry worker may have died because his mobile battery exploded in his pocket. The man was found dead with a melted mobile phone battery in his shirt pocket, having suffered burns, fractured ribs and a fractured spine. However, one of the unfortunate man’s colleagues later owned up to staging the accident after accidentally hitting him when reversing his truck.

And if that wasn't enough, a New Zealand man says he his mobile phone exploded at night whilst charging. Apparently he was woken by the sound of the explosion and found the phone on the floor in flames.

[Source: WashingtonPost.com (also for New Zealand report)

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