Man Dies from Cell Phone Battery Explosion.

July 5, 2007 12:05 PM PDT
Man reportedly dies from phone battery blast
Posted by Leslie Katz
A Chinese man has died after a cell phone battery exploded in his chest pocket, according to the Associated Press and other news sources.

Xiao Jinpeng, a welder, reportedly died while working at the Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Gansu. A county official told the Xinhua News Agency that the welder had a Motorola phone in his pocket. Colleagues quoted by the agency said the phone was apparently exposed to high temperatures. Xiao suffered broken ribs, and rib fragments pierced his heart, according to reports.

A Beijing spokesman for Motorola, however, is quoted by the Associated Press as saying it's "highly unlikely" that one of the company's products caused the man's death. The spokesman also questioned whether the man was using a fake Motorola cell phone or battery. Motorola and Chinese authorities are currently investigating the matter.

This is not, of course, the first report of cell phone batteries overheating. In July 2004, a teenage girl in Ontario, Calif., suffered second-degree burns when her Kyocera cell phone burst into flames while in her back pocket. And late last year, NTT DoCoMo recalled some lithium-ion cell phone batteries used in its third-generation handsets because they could generate excessive heat that could short circuit the phone.

Well lucky i don' t have a motorola then lol, i remember the laptop exploding battery crazy hopefully cellphones won' t have this problem too lols.

 

damn that sucks.. guess don't put your phone with you if is VERY hot outside then.. too bad that old guy die, coz he can't sue

and that girl got burn on her ass!!

 

i'm using moto...urghhh i'm at risk lol...

 

you wanna catch it? i haven't had enough of the e680i....got it for rm1700...the most expensive mobile in my life lol

 

why catch it?? is like a bomb hah.. if you try to throw to me, i will throw it back hahhaa

 

^^moto's just unfortunate to be dragged into the incident...it's the battery that exploded i think...

 

another defective china product?

 

ya maybe.. like a different company make the battery or whatever.. i haven't use motorola for long time.. after i get my razr last yr, i sold it pretty fast.. and the motorola i had before that was like 10 yrs ago when i use the startac lol so long ago

 

That's sad someone died because of their cell phone battery exploded.

 

scarey now keeping the phone with me. never thought this could ever happend.

 

wow...sad case...any precautions?

 

Uh oh.....My battery gets hot from normal usage....maybe i should get another battery.......

 

No worry, used that phone for about 2 months and im still alive.

 

eh...that must of been nasty...

 

nothin like that with nokia? i'm scared.. i keep my phone in my front pocket... lol
don't want it burning anything around that area.. LOL