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Don't take electronics to bed

A first person account of a power bank disaster

Hi everyone. I want to share this dreadful incident with you all. I had just gotten up to get water and heard a loud noise. Everyone at home came running to my bedroom and there was a lot of smoke and it smelt horrible, while dad and I were in the bedroom inspecting what caused this horrible blast and boom! Again there was a second blast. The curtain was partially burnt, my pillow case, the bedsheet had burn holes. The wall and my things had smoke marks. I usually keep my power bank on the side table next to my bed which had blasted. Thankfully, I wasn’t in my bed when it happened. My parents had read out such cases to me from the newspapers but I never paid heed to it and today when this has happened to me, I realise how serious this matter is. I request you all to keep your mobile phones, power banks and all the electronics away from your bed and avoid such situations.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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