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Woman Hurt as Cellphone Bursts Into Flames
« on: Aug 21st, 2003, 7:46am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 33-year-old Dutch woman sustained slight face and neck burns after her mobile phone burst into flames, the Amsterdam police said Thursday.  
 
   
 
The incident, which occurred Tuesday, happened after the woman dropped her phone in a music store in central Amsterdam. It caught fire when she picked it up and switched it back on, a police spokesman said.  
 
 
She was treated for superficial burns by an ambulance team that rushed to the scene.  
 
 
"The battery got hot and then the phone burst into flames. It was a Nokia (news - web sites). We later heard she had used a replacement battery," said Jan Willem van Hofwegen of Fame Music store.  
 
 
A Nokia spokesman in Helsinki said similar incidents have happened in the past and were always related to faulty batteries from independent electronics manufacturers.  
 
 
"We've heard about phones that overheated, melted and, in the worst case, exploded," he said.  
 
 
"In all cases it was caused by a replacement battery which was not a Nokia accessory. The manufacturers violated security requirements which should prevent it from heating up after short circuiting, for instance, after it was dropped."  
 
 
He could not name any of the battery manufacturers.  
 
 
 
 
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 21st, 2003, 10:06am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
holy smokes!! Shocked
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 21st, 2003, 6:45pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
now that was a heated phone call!
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 23rd, 2003, 4:34am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Oh my gosh!  This is really scary!  I hope she recovered properly.
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Re: Woman Hurt as Cellphone Bursts Into Flames
« Reply #4 on: Aug 25th, 2003, 10:36pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
wow... that's scary!... I have a nokia phone... and that's why I don't buy replacements... it's better to use originals.... Grin
 
no wonder... cell phones could even cause gas stations to explode.. heheheh Grin
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