Teenager Dies As Mobile Phone Explodes During Conversation

In a rather shocking incident in Odisha, an 18-year-old girl of Kheriakani village in Jharsuguda district died after her mobile phone exploded while she was using her phone.

On Friday afternoon, the victim, Uma Oram, was having a conversation with on her phone using her mobile phone. The phone however, was charging when she was having the conversation. The mobile battery suddenly exploded with a noise causing severe burn injuries on her chest, hand and leg, reported The New Indian Express. She was then rushed in an unconscious condition to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), but was declared dead by the doctors before her arrival.

As the battery of the mobile phone was draining out, she plugged it for charging while talking over it simultaneously.  The cell phone of Nokia 3110 model was put on charging when she started talking to a relative. Its battery exploded suddenly. Before we could know what exactly happened, Uma fell unconscious. She was declared dead at the hospital. Her body has been sent for post-mortem and a case registered.