Nokia battery explodes

A Nokia cellphone battery explosion was reported in the city on Tuesday morning. However, nobody was injured. The cellphone that exploded had a battery in the 4C series while Nokia had last month issued advisories only about the BL-5C series batteries. The incident took place at the residence of N. Harsha at Sagar Society in Ameerpet.

Mr Harsha, who runs a software company from his residence, said that he had left his Nokia N72 cellphone for charging. After some time he heard a loud sound and noticed smoke and a foul smell, Mr Harsha said. He assumed that it was emanating was from his computer, but upon checking found that his cellphone had exploded. Tuesday’s incident was the first to be reported from the city, there were reports of cellphones exploding from other districts.