Spooky!?
Spooky enough… I wrote in this post about a hint of burning cell phone batteries (iPhone actually) but this what I heard late now, is far more critical and worse than just the ear though…
VALLEJO, California (AP) — A cell phone apparently ignited in a man’s pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and caused severe burns over half his body, fire department officials said.
Luis Picaso, 59, was in stable condition Monday with second- and third-degree burns to his upper body, back, right arm and right leg, Vallejo Fire Department assistant chief Kurt Henke said.
Firefighters arrived at the residential hotel Saturday night to find Picaso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fire to his nylon and polyester clothes, Henke said.
The flames spread to a plastic chair, setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check, he said.
Authorities declined to name the phone’s manufacturer and model.
The fire and water caused $75,000 damage to the room and a business on the ground floor, Henke said.
Whoa, this is serious! Are batteries no longer safe to use? That’s bad to hear, even my dead good PC has one tiny one in it, I must plug it out! 
Holy Cow! Isn’t that a li’l far fetched? I mean how much fire can a cellphone really catch? And lying smothered in a man’s pocket, where it gets no oxygen (Rejig Chemistry: Fire needs Oxygen!) the chances of it turning into an inferno as reported, is really far-fetched!
YCR
18 Jan 07 at 8:19 pm
I saw another news source with the burnt Nokia (I guess it was one) and it appeared badly burnt, I dunno how. I’ll find the link again, in a few moments
Harsh J
18 Jan 07 at 8:40 pm
And this is it. Guess you’re right, it might be fake since the image was reffered to than shot lol…
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/cellphone-starts-fire-in-mans-pocket-228910.php
Harsh J
18 Jan 07 at 8:51 pm
You might singlehandedly bring down the entire mobile phone industry with this post!!! :O
Rohit
18 Jan 07 at 9:23 pm
Haha, not unless they start running on body heat
Harsh J
18 Jan 07 at 11:25 pm
Hmmmm… Mobile are harmful not only to your pockets, but something near to pockets to
BTW, Harsh, you switched to Suse? Why not try Debian Etch ?
Riyaz Usman
19 Jan 07 at 2:22 pm
i heard it happens due to fake batteries and it happens mostly in nokias
Spaminator
19 Jan 07 at 5:37 pm
Yeh Yeh !
Fake batteries mostly !!
And that pc in that article is soo not real !
DJ
20 Jan 07 at 9:32 am
Next thing you know, they’ll be a “secruity risk” on airports.
Wengistein
20 Jan 07 at 7:11 pm