Nokia 6230i Phone Battery Explosion, User Suffers Serious Burns

According to foreign media reports, Nokia 6230i mobile phone exploded in South Africa the other day, causing serious burns to user's left hand. Ismail Noorgat is a businessman from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. At 10 pm last Monday, his Nokia 6230i mobile phone was being charged on the dressing table in the bedroom, about three meters away from the bed.

At one o'clock in the morning, Noorgat's wife Shazia suddenly woke up with an explosion. Noorgat also woke up soon and wanted to ask his wife what happened, but he felt buzzed and could not speak. At that time, no one knew what had happened.

Later, the two found out that it was the battery of the Nokia mobile phone being charged that exploded. The battery flew out from the back of the mobile phone and then fell on the bed. Meanwhile, Noorgat found that his left hand was seriously burned, and there were also burns on his arms and feet, and the T-shirt on his body was burnt.

There was also a hole the size of a 20-cent coin on Shazia's pajamas, and the clothes of the baby sleeping beside her for six weeks were also blackened.

Noorgat felt very lucky that there were no more serious consequences. Later, Noorgat found that the exploded battery was exactly the BL-5C model recalled by Nokia before.

In August this year, Nokia announced that it would recall 46 million mobile phone batteries worldwide due to the risk of overheating. In extremely rare cases, these batteries may overheat due to short circuit when charging, which will cause the battery to deform.

Subsequently, there were several explosions of Nokia mobile phone batteries.