Cell Phone alegedly sets man on fire...
 

No lines about hot calls...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/15/cel...rss_topstories

I don't really like cell phones. I like them less now.

I get paranoid everytime I see someone at the gas station using a cellphone.

anyone else think it's odd that the authorities didn't comment on the phone's manufacturer?

Don't be; they proved on mythbusters that it's impossible for a cellphone to spark a fire.

Yes...maybe its because they recognize this is rare, or the phone was a lemon (does that word apply if its not a car?) but the slightly paranoid side of me would want to hear that its not the same phone I have! I wonder if they'll release the manufacturer name later.

That doesn't bother me as much as the people who leave their cars running. I see it all the time here in the South, and it freaks me out.

If the phone that is the topic of this thread could start a fire, any open flame in the presence of gasoline fumes could do the same.

Flame and fumes = fire and explosion.

I doubt that RF (radio frequency) energy could cause a gas fire, but open flame certainly could.

But, unless we see a rash of cell phone fires, this was a fluke. Particularly since this phone wasn't in use at the time. You can't really keep people from carrying a phone ON them at a gas pump (or even in their car)

The assumed cause of cell phones sparking gas pumps is that they are in use and generate static electricity. Mythbusters completely busted this one.

Well no shit, but I was talking about a cell phone that's not on fire, aka normal, functioning phones.

That's not what the quote above said.

"Don't be; they proved on mythbusters that it's impossible for a cellphone to spark a fire."

It appears that Mythbusters was incorrect.

How about this:

A functioning cell phone will not spark a gas fire at the pump so go ahead an talk while you pump gas until the guy inside yells at you.

Seriously though, this seems to be a fluke, not like the Sony laptop batteries which was a design flaw.

I was responding to OTW who was also talking about people using functioning cell phones. How many people do you know who set their phone on fire and then talk on it?

I"ve had problems with my battery on my phone... it dies way too fast even after a full charge. One day I had it in my pocket at work and it got so hot that I could barely touch it. Kinda freaked me out because of stories like that.

I wonder if his phone had a counterfeit battery? They've been known to overheat and catch on fire.

SERIOUSLY! If it's the same phone I have, I'm replacing that mofo ASAP.