Death Due to Moto Phone Explosion

Techtree News Staff, Jul 05, 2007 1604 hrs IST

The accident took place at noon on June 19th when Jinpeng was reportedly working at the Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Jinta County, Gansu Province.

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In a shocking incident on June 19th, a welder based out of the Gansu Province in China succumbed to injuries when the Motorola cell phone in his chest pocket suddenly exploded resulting in his death.

Twenty-two-year-old Xiao Jinpeng died at a local hospital after emergency treatment failed, Bai Shixiong, commissar with the public security bureau of Jinta County, said.

The accident took place at noon on June 19th when Jinpeng was reportedly working at the Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Jinta County, Gansu Province.

The case has been temporarily recorded as a work safety accident as the explosion occurred at the workplace.

The Chinese Xinhua news agency quoted the police as saying that preliminary investigations reveal that the phone battery exploded after being exposed to a high temperature, breaking Xiao's ribs, and penetrating into his heart,

Yet, local police and work safety officers are trying to ascertain the model of the Motorola phone and battery, and whether these had any quality problems.

According to sources, an investigation report is forthcoming on the matter.

Meanwhile, a public relations official at Motorola's China branch has said that while exploding cell phone batteries are very rare, Motorola is taking the incident very seriously, and will respect the results of the investigation.

USER COMMENTS

death due to mobile by ANIL CHALLA

by RAJ, CHICAGO, on Oct 10, 2008 11:16 PM, Report abuse Reply

sonofab###h .. someone died and you are tring to sell your servies on the same pages. Respect value of life A#####E

by Hindustani, Pakistani, on Jul 05, 2007 04:50 PM, Report abuse Reply

Be thankful, that you are at least informed about such incidence. You fool, this is a news, not a service... The reviews that techtree gives are services it provides you dumb ***
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by Ameya, Mumbai, on Jul 05, 2007 05:12 PM, Report abuse

there is mobile its gonna be launched by GE in 3rd quarter of 2007 its solar powered mobile but it will have avery basic display like newer motophone

by Rody, Chennai, on Jul 20, 2007 10:41 PM, Report abuse

may be it happened due to radio interference caused by welding set. radio waves emmitted by welding sets are very powerful, it can occur flickering on monitor or television if welding is done nearby(even if its not connected to the same power line).

by naveenchaudhary, itinfo.in, on Jul 05, 2007 04:58 PM, Report abuse Reply

don't try your fandas here. This site is for mature guys..

by vejay, bandipurstan, on Jul 05, 2007 05:29 PM, Report abuse

what i said was technical, not saying it was the reason for incidence, what else should i say?? motorola produce bad quality mobiles?? absolutely not. other reason could be that the guy was welding at the moment, so some ghost came to him and exploded his cellphone. what i said later could be better only for you to know. ok sir?? what are parameters for the word "mature"?? explain briefly(assume that i am amateur)

by naveenchaudhary, itinfo.in, on Jul 05, 2007 06:38 PM, Report abuse

If u don't know better shut ur mouth.....What others comment upon u is true and from next time onwards better post messages that is true by practical. What do u mean by welding? Just reply orelse u are cheap idiot.

by asyyas, Raigarh, on Jul 05, 2007 08:02 PM, Report abuse

@vejay and asyyas obviously you guys don't have a clue as to what welding is.. Arc welding machines do emit very strong fields. It is very much possible that these waves interfered with the mobile device causing it to malfunction.

by dennie, Chennai, on Jul 08, 2007 04:12 PM, Report abuse

aasyas...is ur name assyes? You sure behave like one. A big one too.

by nhtft, nhtft, on Jul 11, 2007 04:08 PM, Report abuse

You are of odd. Carry phone is not wise for any persons. For phone I make the driver of my automobile, secretary, wife or doughter carry phone. The person who close to me is to hold. Not myself!

by Johnny Sitarama, Nagpur, on Jul 06, 2007 12:24 AM, Report abuse Reply

Muahahaha! What as imbecile!

by Lou, Madrid, on Jul 06, 2007 10:16 PM, Report abuse

Do you do that when you go to the men's room as well?!

by Rajesh, Mumbai, on Jul 06, 2007 10:18 PM, Report abuse

Too late for you! look your lingo is breakin up already!! .... This guys 'mobile carriers" should take a gander at this note of his!!

by da fox, Goa, on Jul 06, 2007 11:08 PM, Report abuse

since its bad for you... you make your daughter carry it... thats just stupid

by harg, cajaun, on Jul 08, 2007 04:41 AM, Report abuse

vejay u mofuk go wankf off somewhere else...go find some mature babe to take with u too.

by uuafj, uuafj, on Jul 11, 2007 04:05 PM, Report abuse

It's true that RF waves from a high powered device can make a device like a phone fail but it can not make the battery explode. The exploding batteries were Chinese fake copies and they get shorts and heat up and explode.

by Anonymous, Phx, on Jul 09, 2007 07:36 AM, Report abuse Reply

If the death is due to cellphone explotion on account of high temperature, there should be a caution in the cellphone when the range of temperature/abnormality of the phone by giving signal and message so that holders of cell phone can prevent such happening.

by vrkrishnan, chennai, on Jul 07, 2007 09:17 PM, Report abuse Reply

I think we can be learning a most valuable lesson on cell phone storage. Do not be using the chest pocket, which is near the heart. Using the pants pocket.

by Randish, Kharinistadjani, on Jul 05, 2007 11:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

Strange, I'm from Kharinistadjani as well! The real leson is that he should of taking the baddery out of the phone if he wants to store the phone in his chest pocket like i do. Maybe there was a holy war goin on and he was puntured with a nife

by Anonymous, Kharinistadjani, on Jul 05, 2007 11:51 PM, Report abuse

valuables in that area too my friend!! just think before you buy that cheap duplicate battery. My condolences to the family of the deceased. And Pray Motorola does the honourable thing if found guilty

by da fox, Goa, on Jul 06, 2007 11:01 PM, Report abuse

hi all I came in late. real tragic news this. and what is this abt some bloke tried to peddle his wares in this forum??? Boycott the shithead!! in all the other forums too! wish i knew who it was.

by da fox, Goa, on Jul 06, 2007 10:57 PM, Report abuse Reply

i remember an experiment; i did have an Nokia6275 from reliance, i used to connect to the net at home with that mobile(medium being bluetooth). one day i placed the mobile on AC remote, the mobile is'nt heavy such that it could press the buttons of the remote it was placed on, and the buttons of remote were pretty hard to press. after a few minutes i took the remote to lower the room temperature, i realized that the remote was in reset state. i again put its setting back, again put it near the mobile, it again came to reset state. what was that?? i tried same thing changing the mobile to LG Moonlite. it did the same........so the moral of this real story is............u know........

by naveenchaudhary, itinfo.in, on Jul 06, 2007 07:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

This is a hoax...I am dead sure. It will never happen. Techtree please confirm and don't allow this type of post in future. And i want a reply from ur staff from where they collected this news and this is not a matter to be published.Please take care.

by Tulu, Raigarh, on Jul 05, 2007 05:12 PM, Report abuse Reply

Its not a hoax....its infact one of the many incidents of motorola and nokia phones exploding due to possibly counterfeit batteries. Due to high sales volume of these 2 companies their fake accessories are readily available.

by anonymous, delhi, on Jul 06, 2007 12:36 PM, Report abuse

I believe that asyyas is really a cheap idiot from a distant village. His poor knowledge of english and his asking of the question "What do u mean by welding?" confirms my belief.

by Nilesh, Durgapur, on Jul 06, 2007 12:14 PM, Report abuse Reply

What naveenchaudhary said is truly logical. But I guess who let immature vejay and a cheap idiot like asyyas post their offensive comments in this site.

by Nilesh, Durgapur, on Jul 06, 2007 12:09 PM, Report abuse Reply

I saw similar incident occuring with Dell Laptop batteries ..even though it is rare but one can not neglect this fact.. not to scare you but best is to keep yourself away and use moderately...

by Nitesh, Mumbai, on Jul 06, 2007 11:24 AM, Report abuse Reply

Batteries explode when you expose them to high temperatures. Welding is a localized heat and would probably not cause this. If he was in a smelting room or working an oven door, I can see this happening. They put warning labels on batteries for a reason.. they contain dangerous chemicals and can leak, melt, and go boom in your pocket.

by David, Long Beach, on Jul 06, 2007 09:40 AM, Report abuse Reply

I am wondering if this is a common problem with this type of phone or perhaps was it a defective replacement battery?

by John, Texas, on Jul 06, 2007 05:54 AM, Report abuse Reply

Don't be silly. If anything, the phone would have protect him from being stabbing!!

by Anonymous, Austin, on Jul 06, 2007 12:09 AM, Report abuse Reply

from kiran avunuri

by Anil challa, chicago, on Jul 05, 2007 10:34 PM, Report abuse Reply

Its always better to avoid putting your mobile phone in breast pocket.

by Karthik Nataraa, Nagercoil, on Jul 05, 2007 08:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

Lets stop fighting and find out what care should be taken by mobile users

by K Mani, Trichur, on Jul 05, 2007 05:47 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by mob, mob, on Jul 05, 2007 04:40 PM, Report abuse Reply

********** .. someone died and you are tring to sell your servies on the same pages. Respect value of life *******
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by Hindustani, Pakistani, on Jul 05, 2007 04:44 PM, Report abuse

hell?? repair after explosion?? kamaal hain aap bhi............news says somebody died of cellphone explosion and you doing publicity of mobile repair shop...............

by naveenchaudhary, itinfo.in, on Jul 05, 2007 04:52 PM, Report abuse

SUCKERS trying to make money when people are dying

by vejay, bandipurstan, on Jul 05, 2007 05:26 PM, Report abuse