{"id":6290,"date":"2025-02-12T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2025-02-12T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:36:54","slug":"terrifying-moment-cellphone-explodes-in-womans-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=6290","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying moment cellphone EXPLODES in woman&#8217;s pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A cellphone exploded in a woman&#8217;s pocket inside a busy supermarket in a terrifying scene that was caught on video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Security camera footage showed the unidentified victim standing next to her husband while they were browsing items at the store in the Brazilian city of An\u00e1polis on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The device is shown bursting into flames and covering her pants in flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The woman frantically jumped and ran out of the store as her husband appeared to try to extinguish the flames, the video showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Once outside and on the street, bystanders rushed to her aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her husband, Mateus Lima, told the Brazilian news outlet G1 that he took his shirt off to put out the flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was taken to Alfredo Abra\u00e3o Hospital, where she was treated for first- and second-degree burns, including on her hand, forearm, back and buttocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Part of her hair was burned and she was scheduled to return to the hospital to have her wounds treated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/14\/95070421-14382377-Security_camera_footage_captured_a_woman_s_cellphone_bursting_in-a-10_1739285577732.jpg\" alt=\"Security camera footage captured a woman's cellphone bursting into flames inside her pocket as she shopped with her husband\u00a0 in the Brazilian city of An\u00e1polis on Saturday\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/15\/95070803-14382377-Motorola_said_it_reached_out_to_the_victim_so_that_it_could_be_a-a-7_1739286786845.jpg\" alt=\"Motorola said it reached out to the victim so that it could be analyzed. The victim's husband said that they had purchased the new phone a year ago\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She is quite traumatized.\u00a0I speak more to raise awareness because many people have children and this is very dangerous,&#8217; Lima said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So, it is good to be alert because just like it happened to her, it can happened to other people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lima said they had purchased the cellphone, a Moto E32, a year ago and that they were still making payments on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Motorola said in a statement that it had already reached out to the woman and was doing an &#8216;analysis&#8217; of the partially melted phone to figure out what caused it to catch fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The company prioritizes the safety of its consumers and emphasizes that all of its products are carefully designed and manufactured with the highest standards of quality excellence, undergoing rigorous testing to offer safe performance for the consumer,&#8217; Motorola said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A similar incident took place in Massachusetts in September 2024, after\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13873407\/teen-burned-household-amazon-item-exploded-massachusetts.html\" target=\"_self\">an iPhone exploded<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in front of Audra Cataldo, 16, and her friend while they were watching television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cataldo told KOLD that the device was\u00a0magnetically attached to a $25 charger she had purchased off Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She heard a &#8216;sizzle&#8217; moments before the back of the phone blew up, charring her sweatshirt and leaving small burns on her arm.\u00a0 An area of her bed mattress was also burned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d49a7be61c9adac4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/13\/95070415-14382377-image-m-5_1739281810734.jpg\" alt=\"The woman was treated for\u00a0was treated for first- and second-degree burns, including on her hand, forearm, back and buttocks\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/14\/95070423-14382377-The_victim_frantically_jumped_and_ran_out_of_the_store_as_her_hu-a-12_1739285577851.jpg\" alt=\"The victim frantically jumped and ran out of the store as her husband appeared to try to extinguish the flames\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to a published report by Stanford University, cellphones, laptops and electronic devices are known for generating excess heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It can cause the devices to not function properly and, in some instances, lead to the explosion of lithium batteries, which are found in the majority of cellphones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The study suggested that customers should use original chargers and refrain from covering them with cloth while they are being charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Devices should also be disconnected from the power outlet when they are fully charged and covered with a protective case, which can provide extra security to the owner when they begin to heat up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cellphone exploded in a woman&#8217;s pocket inside a busy supermarket in a terrifying scene that was caught on video. 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