Static
Electricity?
California
girl burned by cell phone
July
2, 2004
A teenage California girl suffered second degree burns when her cell
phone caught fire in her back pocket, according to the Ontario Fire
Department.
The 16-year-old was volunteering at a youth recreation center when witnesses
heard a loud "whooshing" sound, said Frank Huddleston, a Ontario
Fire Department investigator. Ontario is east of Los Angeles near San
Bernardino.
Huddleston said the victim didn't even know what was happening. The
girl was in a kitchen and the flames were quickly extinguished, Huddleston
said.
The
teenager was rushed to Chino Valley Medical Center where she was treated
and released with second-degree burns to her right buttock.
Investigators could not identify the model number of the Verizon Koyocera
cell phone, because of the extensive damage.
