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| WASHINGTON - Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, ears ringing, hand gushing blood after his cell phone exploded. Safety officials have received 83 reports of cell phones exploding or catching fire in the past two years, usually because of bad batteries or chargers. |
So far, nobody's died. I'm now waiting for a company to begin marketing a "cell-phone helmet" to protect the user from such blasts. Similar to those worthless "reduce cancer-casuing cellphone radiation" stick-ons.
I borrowed my dad's toll road counter in the summer, and its interior apparently burnt up. The fire didn't escape the plastic housing, but it smelled like crap for two weeks. I sealed it in a plastic bag until he needed to replace it.