Re: Picaso set on fire by cell phone...
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- From: kpg <no@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:45:22 -0800
"BD[MCNGP]" <...---...> wrote in
news:OkiW1xnOHHA.320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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
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Followup:
Cell phone ruled out as cause of fire that injured man
Investigator revises findings after Nokia expert examined phone
http://tinyurl.com/yov26g
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