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For many of us, power banks have become as essential as our mobile phones. But are they 100 per cent safe?
A woman was rudely awakened when a power bank which was not being used exploded and caught fire in her Tampines condo in the wee hours on Saturday (Sept 12), Lianhe Wanbao reported.
The woman’s husband, 47, who did not want to be identified, said his wife was sleeping in the master bedroom where the incident took place at about 1am.
He was working in the study, while his 15-year-old daughter and dog were in the living room at the time, he related to the Chinese daily.
His wife was awakened by a sudden boom when the power bank, which was placed in a plastic box in their bedside table drawer, suddenly exploded, he said.
After seeing that the power bank was in flames, she immediately rushed to the toilet, wet a towel and used it to retrieve the power bank from the table.
But the flames grew even bigger after she threw the power bank on the floor, he said.
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