14-Year-Old Girl Died After Her Charging Phone Exploded

It is not too strange to read about how overnight charging can lead to a battery explosion. But every time such an unfortunate incident occurs, people are still startled and fear its consequences. The thing that is put in danger is not only our phone but our lives as well.

This time, the victim is 14-year-old Alua Asetkyzy Abzalbek from Bastobe, Kazakhstan. Like every other night, the girl charged her phone while still plugging in her earphones to listen to some music overnight. But this time, Alua’s smartphone suddenly exploded, leading to her death.

Police reported that the battery explosion caused severe damage to her head. Although the medical team tried their best as soon as they arrived at the scene, the girl couldn’t survive.

After carefully investigations, legal experts concluded that the explosion had happened around midnight, several hours before the police found the victim. The reason behind this unfortunate incident was the smartphone’s battery (the name of the smartphone's brand was not revealed) became overheated during charging, leading to the explosion.

Alua’s best friend, Ayazhan Dolasheva, can’t hide her grief, writing on her social media account.

Ayazhan also warned other smartphone users of charging their phones overnight, a very common habit among young people. We can’t say that using a genuine charging cable or battery can never lead to such an incident. Alua’s heartbreaking outcome is yet another wake-up call, among other previous warnings, about this hard-to-get-rid-of habit.

No matter how safe one thing seems to be, there is always a small percentage of risk. And you will never know if you will ever become a victim if you keep on charging your smartphone overnight.