BlackBerry® Curve™

[BB141]

Hi there.
I was sitting in the living room this evening, minding my own business and out of the blue, my Blackberry Curve 9320 just explodes! I cant explain how or why, it was not in a hot room, I don't know why it exploded. The scary fact is, if I had popped to the shops and it exploded.... well.... where would me and my dog be living right now?! It is just a ball of plastic gone wrong! Iv'e never seen or heard anything like this, a phone blowing up??? I'm just stunned. My table has been burnt a little, it was like a small ball of fire!

[JSanders Resident Expert]

I'd love to see a picture.

I've read lots of BlackBerry user stories in 10 years, I have never ever never heard of one self-exploding.

So it exploded yet remains a ball plastic?

Did debris go everywhere?

[John_Clark]

Yep, that's a first for me too.

That being said, if what you say is true, and I have no reason to believe it's not, it sounds like a Lithium battery fire. A Google search will reveal lots of them with laptops. There are protections built into batteries to prevent this but it still does happen.

Pics please!

[BB141]

[John_Clark]

Wow! That packet looking thing is the battery. I'd say you had a thermal runaway on the battery. I'd definitely notify your carrier of what happened. I'm not sure how they'll handle it but you should let them know.

[Roguecanuck]

When was the last time you had taken the battery out prior to the fire?

[JSanders Resident Expert]

Who is Mathew Growcoot/Newsteam and how'd his name get on your photo?

[John_Clark]

Good catch, Mr. Sanders! According to Google he's a photographer. Looks like that pic came from the following site

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

BB141, where did you get that photo?

[JSanders Resident Expert]

Yea, I had googled it also. Once in while I know the answer to a question before I ask it. Oh well...

[BB141]

That is me and it is New Steam.