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Fire Caused By Charging Mobile Phone

Discussion in 'The Roaming Zone' started by palandri, Dec 13, 2015.

  1. palandri

    palandri Former Palm Guy
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    "....and said the mobile phone was so badly damaged he could not tell what make it was.

    “There is plenty of documentary evidence," he said. "We have had other fires where mobile phones are on charge and some not on charge that either a defect or problem with the phone has caused a fire.

    “Most of those fires are caused by the phone being covered by some sort of combustible material. They should be, when on charge, placed on a hard surface.”....."

    It happened in the U.K. I hope they can find out what phone it was

    http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/fire-caused-charging-mobile-phone-10587435
     
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    The amazing take away from this sad story- there were no CO or smoke alarms in the rented home.

    The landlord said 'when I lived there an alarm was on top of the fridge. Since renting the home in 2006, I never checked if it was removed. "

    On the fridge? The fire was in the bedroom

    It's 2015. The headline should have been about using smoke alarms, as smoke killed the victim who was sleeping in the bedroom. This is the real simply avoided tragedy.

    Neutrality note: no brand of phone was identified.


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    Hmmm...what if smoke/CO sensors could be added to phones.
     
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    That's an interesting idea.
     
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    Does it count if my NEST fire,smoke,CO alarm sends a notification to my iPhone? Probably not, since it's a one time small alarm.

    Smoke detectors should be at a high collection point...and taking it (smartphone) with you when you leave the house is not a good idea. So lying next to you is not the safest spot for a smoke alarm ( or the frig in this story).

    So as a backup, secondary smoke alarm, maybe, imho, but permanent ones in the home are a must...and the law in most cases.


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    Gosh, I really wouldn't worry about it. It's rare, very rare. If even true, and not the result of using non Certified chargers.


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    Yeah, okay, true, but still very rare.

    I was thinking of the other common cause- non OEM chargers that don't turn off and kept charging, overheating the battery, which was the other poster concern- charging overnight.

    Some articles I found, which claim it's a rare event

    http://www.livescience.com/50643-watch-lithium-battery-explode.html

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/01/economist-explains-19


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