Smartphone security

2024: A man died in Perm because of a smartphone on fire

On April 17, 2024, the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Perm Territory reported that a local resident died due to spontaneous combustion of a smartphone. The incident occurred in one of the apartments of a multi-storey residential building on the street. Workers' and Peasants' city of Perm.

It is reported that the fire occurred in an apartment on the first floor. Five residents were able to leave on their own, and two more were taken out by specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. One person could not be saved. According to preliminary data, the cause of the incident was a "violation of the operation of electrical equipment," which provoked the ignition of a cell phone.

source = Ministry of Emergency Situations

Having taken him [the victim] out of the smoke zone, the specialists immediately began resuscitation and continued to fight for his life until the ambulance doctors arrived. Which allowed doctors to reanimate the man in the future, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement.

However, subsequently, despite the timely actions of rescuers and doctors, the victim died. The dead was a 72-year-old man. It is noted that the fire occurred on an area of ​ ​ about 2 square meters. Ten employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and three pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the fire.

{{quote 'The investigator completed the inspection of the scene, appointed the necessary forensic examinations to establish the causes of the fire and death of the man. Other verification measures are carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident. Based on the results of the audit, a procedural decision will be made, the TFR said. }} In January 2024, Roman Okhotenko, director of the information policy department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, said that from 3 to 10 fires occur every day in Russia due to incorrectly charged phones, as well as robotic vacuum cleaners and electric scooters.^[1]

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