WASHINGTON -- Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last ...

Cops in South Korea say a quarry worker was killed by an exploding cell phone this week. The man's body was found Wednesday with severe burns around the shirt pocket and the battery compartment of the ...

TOPSFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Topsfield firefighters came to the rescue Saturday after receiving report of a fire caused by the explosion of a charging cell phone. Authorities said the explosion of the ...

WASHINGTON Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last August ...

It's very rare, but smartphones can catch fire. They aren't known to explode powerfully enough to kill someone, though. Photo: Langley Township Fire Department A Malaysian man perished in a fire in ...

South Korean construction worker was actually killed in an industrial accident, not by a cell phone battery exploding in his pocket, according to LG Electronics A South Korean construction worker ...

The South Korean man who was reportedly killed by an exploding cellphone battery, well, wasn’t. Apparently the damage to his lungs, heart, spine and ribs was too extensive to be caused by one measly ...