According to a report on the local ETTV television channel, a cellphone has exploded in Taiwan, injuring its owner, who was only identified by her surname, Chen. The TV channel reported the woman as saying "The phone heated up and I could feel the heat coming from my bag, but I did not pay attention because I was eating. A few minutes later it exploded. The hot debris burned my arms and feet."
The woman said that she had purchased the phone about a year ago, and had made a phone call just ten minutes prior to the "explosion". She has reported the issue to the police and is demanding compensation from the unidentified manufacturer.
This appears to be the first case of a cellphone fault causing an explosion, although a phone apparently exploded in Russia earlier this month, but is claimed to have been an actual bomb disguised as a cellphone.'"
Posted to the site on 17th June 2002
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