Exploding Samsung Galaxy phone leaves teenager with third degree burns and smelling like a ‘burnt pig’
by Victoria Woollaston
Mail Online
July 10, 2013
- Fanny Schlatter’s Samsung S3 is thought to have set fire in her pocket
- The flames caused third and second degree burns to 18-year-old’s thigh
- She is now launching a criminal complaint against Samsung
A Swiss teenager suffered second and third degree burns when her smartphone apparently exploded in her pocket.
Fanny Schlatter, 18, was injured when the Samsung Galaxy S3 allegedly blew up in her trouser pocket.
She claims to have been left with no feeling in her right thigh and said she will be launching a criminal complaint against Samsung.
Fanny Schlatter, 18, pictured, from Switzerland suffered second and third degree burns when her Samsung Galaxy S3, shown here, exploded in her pocket
The fire damage to the Samsung S3 phone, pictured, is thought to have been caused when the battery exploded. Samsung said it will launch a ‘thorough examination to determine the exact cause’
French language paper Le Matin reported that Ms Schlatter was working as an painting apprentice when she heard a large bang.
She told the paper: ‘All of a sudden I heard the sound of an explosion – like a firecracker.
‘Then I noticed a strange chemical smell and my work trousers began to catch fire.’
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