Redmi 6A explosion killed woman, claims YouTuber; Xiaomi reaches out

A woman who was living in the Delhi-NCR region has lost her life allegedly after her Redmi 6A smartphone exploded near her on the bed, a YouTuber has claimed

MD Talk YT, a YouTuber from Haryana, shared screenshots of the exploded phone as well as his aunt lying in a pool of blood on the bed.

"Yesterday in night my aunty was found dead, she was using a Redmi 6A, she was sleeping and she kept the phone near her face on the pillow side & after sometime her phone blasted. It's a bad time for us. It's a responsibility of a brand to support," his tweet read.


Xiaomi replied in a tweet that said the company is working to reach out to the family and investigate the incident.

"At Xiaomi India, customer safety is of utmost importance and we take such matters extremely seriously. Our team is trying to get in touch with the affected family and determine the cause of the incident," Xiaomi said.

MD Talk YT posted that the victim's son is serving in the Indian Army and that the family lives a very simple life.

"If brands don't accept their mistakes, don't take responsibility directly, if a family has to fight for justice then what's the use," the YouTuber said in a tweet.

The details given are yet to be confirmed by authorities, and it is not clear if an FIR has been filed in the case or not.

This is not the first time in the recent past that there have been allegations that a smartphone exploded, TOI reported.

• In 2021, a OnePlus Nord 2 user claimed that his phone exploded while on a call causing severe harm to his face.
• In August 2021, the newly-launched OnePlus Nord 2 allegedly exploded in the sling bag of a user
• In 2019, a man in Andhra Pradesh claimed that his Redmi 9A phone exploded in his packet.