{"id":56103,"date":"2012-07-30T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T09:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=56103"},"modified":"2012-07-30T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T09:37:43","slug":"cellphone-battery-sets-man-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/56103-cellphone-battery-sets-man-on-fire.html","title":{"rendered":"Cellphone battery sets man on fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cellphone battery spontaneously burst into flames at a prominent hacking meet-up, setting a man’s pants on fire.<\/p>\n

The Defcon attendee said that he started to smell something burning, before noting that his left back left pocket was on fire.<\/p>\n

“I smelled the burn, the smoke, and I stood up and could literally see flames,” he said. “I tried to tap it out (with a hand) and it fell to the floor. It burned right through the backside.”<\/p>\n

Luckily, the man\u2019s posterior was saved from burns thanks to his plastic hotel key-card which was between him and the battery.<\/p>\n

“My hotel key saved my butt,” he said.<\/p>\n

A witness recalled the traumatic, yet exciting event: \u201cI saw something glowing out of the corner of my eye,” she said. “A guy’s butt was in flames.\u201d<\/p>\n

The battery was said to belong to a Motorola Droid Bionic smartphone.<\/p>\n

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The cellphone battery burned through the man’s pants<\/p><\/div>\n

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The phone burnt the carpet floor of the expo hall<\/p><\/div>\n

Source: Cnet<\/a><\/h5>\n

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