Re: Picaso set on fire by cell phone...

"BD[MCNGP]" <...---...> wrote in
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Fire official: Man's cell phone apparently sets him ablaze
POSTED: 7:17 a.m. EST, January 16, 2007


VALLEJO, California (AP) -- A cell phone apparently ignited in a man's
pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and caused severe
burns over half his body, fire department officials said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/15/cell.phone.fire.ap/index.html?eref=rss
_tech


Like the exploding laptops.


Product idea: A cell phone case made from thermally insulated Kevlar!
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