Posted by axxxr
A cell phone and jeans pocket are charred after the phone suddenly caught fire.
(CNN) -- A 16-year-old California girl suffered second degree burns Thursday when her cell phone caught fire in her back pocket, according to the Ontario Fire Department.
The teenager was volunteering at an Ontario youth recreation center when witnesses heard a loud "whooshing" sound, said Frank Huddleston, a fire department investigator.
Huddleston said the victim didn't even know what was happening, and witnesses said they thought it was fireworks.
Witness then saw her pocket explode with smoke and fire, he said.
The girl was in a kitchen and near a pot of water, so the flames were quickly extinguished, Huddleston said.
The victim was transported to Chino Valley Medical Center where she was treated and released with small second-degree burns to her right buttock.
The phone is a Verizon Kyocera, but because of damage investigators could not tell the model number.
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Posted by DarkWolfX
I thought it was only Nokia, now it's Kyocera, maybe later moto, SE, and everything!!
Posted by Ayush
How are the phones of this company? :-) never heard.
Posted by plasmadog
Hey, ayush. Tata indicom offer kyocera phones in india. Cdma of course. They're the hardy solid build tyre. No frills absolutely. And i think they just introduced those push to talk models as well.
Posted by marlonxp
be safe use
Posted by Residentevil
Stay with a SE phone and you won't catch fire.
Posted by Ayush
@plasma thanks for that info :-D never knew that. Are you in india?
Posted by plasmadog
yeah dude..
from bangalore, india
those push to talk phones r really cool...
like a walkie talkie, 50 rupees for unlimited talktime.
cheers
Posted by milmino
Im sorry for her but Im sure the girl had a hot a$$!!!
Ill just take some advice an stick with
Posted by Guy89
