Friday, February 8th 2008
PlayStation Portable Spontaneously Combusts in Boy's Pocket, Hospitalizes Boy
A 12 year old who had just finished his first period classes got a nasty surprise. His PlayStation Portable, which was off and in his pocket, got "intensely hot", and caught fire. The boy's jeans quickly followed suit, causing quite the stir in the classroom. According to local emergency services, the fire originated from the device's battery compartment. The exact cause as to how or why the battery got so hot remains unknown at this point. The teacher was able to remove the PSP from the boy's pocket before it caused any serious injury. The boy was rushed to a hospital, was treated for second-degree burns, and was back at school in time for recess. Ironically, the game that was loaded at the time of the immolation was "Burn Out Legends".
Source:
Reg Hardware
24 Comments on PlayStation Portable Spontaneously Combusts in Boy's Pocket, Hospitalizes Boy
This harks back to the HUGE incident with laptop makers recalling all sony created batteries which could catch fire (anyone remember the video of the Dell catching fire?).
This is a very valid reason NOT to buy Sony, especially their rechargable battery packs. Something that can cause injury should never have made it past quality control, and I so hope this boys parents sue Sony for damages. This is something they should have fixed well over a year ago.
However, I'm not so sure a second degree burn requires hospital treatment.
with the number of psp's out there and only one case of an "exploding" battery, i don't think that's sony's fault.
You never know how many batteries has done this? This probably has been the ONLY one. But this is the first one that has hurt some body.
I highly doubt Sony is at fault.
as far as what really happened, i'm sure if we just wait, we'll find out what really caused this.
LOL i wanna try this at home now with that old Inspiron i have