Cell Phone Battery Bursts Into Flames, Injures College Student

Cell Phone Battery Bursts Into Flames, Injures College Student


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(KSL News) -- A Wyoming college student didn't need a big bill to get burned by her cell phone.

Here's what's left of the phone after it exploded.

The student was talking on it when the battery burst into flames. She says the flames were a foot high.

She's now in the hospital with second and third degree burns on her arm and stomach.

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