Woman killed in mobile phone explosion

Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman from Durgapur succumbed to her burn injuries at a hospital, after her mobile phone exploded while talking on it.

It has been learnt that the victim, identified as Deshbandhunagar resident Riya Banerjee, was talking on her mobile phone when it was charging. The mobile phone suddenly exploded and she was set on fire. The incident occurred when her mother, an anganwadi worker, was away from home.

Some local residents

later rushed the victim to the nearby Durgapur Sub-Divisional Hospital, where the doctors said that the victim had suffered over 80 percent burn injuries. She died in the hospital later.