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11-18-2005, 05:15 PM
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Casper, Wyoming Nov. 18, 2005 - A college student in Wyoming was severely burned, after her cell phone battery exploded.
The cell phone had been charging on the Casper College student's bed. Witnesses say there was a large popping sound, and flames shot more than a foot into the air, melting the case, and burning the sheets on the bed.
College Relations Director, Richard Fujita says the student, whose name hasn't been released, was washing off the soot when she discovered she'd actually been burned and didn't know it.
The student is now hospitalized.
It was an LG V 6000 Flip phone - however, the battery had been replaced with a different one. Companies have warned against using generic or counterfeit batteries, for this very reason.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=3642407
Casper, Wyoming Nov. 18, 2005 - A college student in Wyoming was severely burned, after her cell phone battery exploded.
The cell phone had been charging on the Casper College student's bed. Witnesses say there was a large popping sound, and flames shot more than a foot into the air, melting the case, and burning the sheets on the bed.
College Relations Director, Richard Fujita says the student, whose name hasn't been released, was washing off the soot when she discovered she'd actually been burned and didn't know it.
The student is now hospitalized.
It was an LG V 6000 Flip phone - however, the battery had been replaced with a different one. Companies have warned against using generic or counterfeit batteries, for this very reason.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=3642407