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Dangers of Cellphones! True story...

This is a true story, that happened a few hours ago. Every trash day, I like to tidy up and get any litter in the street near our house. (Corner lot AKA Trash magnet!) Among the plastic bottles and candy wrappers, I found a cellphone. It was all smashed up, and didn't have a back The screen was so cracked it had that almost milky white look. Anyway, there wasn't much so I brought it all in and stuffed it in the kitchen trashcan.

A few minutes later, Marvin Gay's "Let's Get it on" started playing loudly from the trash. It was funny, but annoying. I dug out the phone intending to take out the battery to shut it up. It was a Samsung phone, and I didn't know the battery was permanent. I thought it was just stuck for some reason.

I grabbed a small screwdriver from the kitchen "junk drawer" and pried it out.

It made a bright flash, and a popping noise. I had it free, but felt it getting hot in my hand. I dropped it. When it hit the floor, it literally BURST INTO FLAMES!

I screamed, and my husband came running. He opened the back door and kicked the chunk of hellfire outside, and sprayed the hose on it for a few minutes (Burned his shoe!)

I looked up "Cellphone battery fire" and found this video. It looked and sounded EXACTLY like this!

OMG! I had an inferno like that going off in my kitchen! I was literally standing right next to the fire extinguisher, but screamed like a ninny and my husband saved the day! If I ever see another broken cellphone, it stays in the street! Don't touch the battery in a damaged cellphone!