70-year-old man narrowly escape disaster as his mobile explodes in shirt pocket

A 76-year-old man in Kerala's Thrissur narrowly escaped a disaster when his mobile phone exploded in his shirt's pocket. The incident happened in the Thrissur district of Kerala in a tea shop when he was enjoying a cup of tea in a shop, said a report on Manorama News.

However, the man named Eliyas escaped unhurt. As per report battery of his phone exploded after heating up.

This is the third of mobile explosion in the state in less than a month.


The video of the incident has gone viral on TV channels and social media. In the video the man can be seen sitting at a table in the shop and having tea. Suddenly his phone got burst in his shirt pocket bursts with a sound and catches fire. The flames on his shirt can be seen in the video.

The elderly man immediately jumps up, knocking over his tea glass, and frantically tries to pull out the phone from his pocket
An officer of Ollur police station, under whose jurisdiction the incident occurred in the district, told PTI that the septuagenarian was unhurt.

The man told police that he had bought the mobile for Rs 1,000 a year ago and that it was a feature phone. Till now, there were no problems with the device, PTI quoted the man telling the police officer.

Last week, a similar incident happened in Kozhikode city where a man suffered burns when a mobile phone kept in his trouser pocket had exploded.

Prior to that, on April 24, an eight-year-old girl hailing from Thrissur died after a mobile phone she was using exploded.(Inputs from PTI)