[Eh?] Another reason why people should never keep their cell phones near their chest…

Eh???  That’s right another person in Korea has died from an exploding cell phone.  It appears the recent case, the person had the cell phone on his chest pocket.   I probably shouldn’t keep my cell phone near the front of my front pocket of my pants…

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Chosun reported the following, “A man in his 30s was killed on Wednesday in what is believed to have been a mobile-phone explosion. Around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a worker at a quarry in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province found the backhoe operator identified as Seo (33). The worker told police he found Seo lying beside his backhoe and bleeding from the nose. His phone was on fire. The worker put out the fire and called emergency services. Seo was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.”

“A doctor in the emergency room of Chungbuk National University Hospital said Seo “had a blot-shaped wound caused by a shock or impact below his left chest. The X-ray showed that his heart and lungs were damaged. It seems he died due to severe impact from a blast, considering that his ribs were fractured.” The doctor added the victim had a black mobile phone with a severely melted battery in his left shirt pocket. “The accident was highly likely caused by an explosion, given the damaged conditions of his shirt,” he said. “The area near the wound indicated it was burned by a blast.”

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