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Mobile phone Charger fire destroys entire N.Y. home |
axxxr
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Via: wnbc.com
I don't know how this exactly happened, but apparantly you should never leave your charger plugged in when not in use (I always do).
A Dutchess County family has learned the hard way never to leave a cell phone charger plugged in when not in use. Michael Hansen, his wife Connie and their 5-year-old son Mikey lost everything in the fire Saturday.
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PeterKay
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Shit, i always leave it plugged in.....
Thats Bad news.
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axxxr
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I think a vast majority of people do leave them plugged in,but we dont think that they can very easily overheat and POP!
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Qoastro
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Could have been an old charger... they're not so sophisticated/safe as the new ones I think. Then made it was just a Nokia charger. Because the phones do tend to explode every ones in a while... 
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Jake Blues
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i got my 1st mobile 8 years ago, no matter what brand/model it is the charger is on 24/7 and i never had any problems!
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amar_G
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A rare phenomenon. On matter how much technology improves there will always be such incidents.
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govigov
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I just unplugged my charged, just in case.
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masseur
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indeed any electrical equipment can cause a fire if its bad design causes it to overheat or if its simply old and worn. I guess we see it as a bit more sensational when its related to mobile phones but in reality its probably no more worse a risk than any other appliance
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slattery69
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they say you should try not to leave things plugged in unattended i guess this is why.
se had to recall a load of there chargers as they had a problem which could cause this as i remmeber about a year or so ago |
nitesh
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At my home SE, samsung, and blokia chargers are always on 24/7. Must remove blokia charger or something bad could happen.;-).
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k4m!k4ze
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I always leave the charger plugged in... and i have never felt it heat up, even while charging.
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jeko.uk
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i used to have my chargers plugged in all the time until i read that |
mustu
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must be a nokia charger |
EastCoastStar
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just felt mine! allll of mine lol and they are allll perfect  i hope i have no worries!
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Must have been a Blokia charger.
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Posted: 2005-04-25 18:22
