Associated Press News Wire (ap@telecom-digest.org) Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:01:30 -0600

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Man's cell phone ignites in pocket Fire burns the hotel and causes severe burns over half his body VALLEJO, California - A cell phone apparently ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and caused severe burns over half his body, fire department officials said. Luis Picaso, 59, was in stable condition Monday with second- and third-degree burns to his upper body, back, right arm and right leg, Vallejo Fire Department assistant chief Kurt Henke said. Firefighters arrived at the residential hotel Saturday night to find Picaso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fire to his nylon and polyester clothes, Henke said. The flames spread to a plastic chair, setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check, he said. Authorities declined to name the phone's manufacturer and model. The fire and water caused $75,000 damage to the room and a business on the ground floor, Henke said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. NOTE: For more telecom/internet/networking/computer news from the daily media, check out our feature 'Telecom Digest Extra' each day at http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news.html . Hundreds of new articles daily. And, discuss this and other topics in our forum at http://telecom-digest.org/forum (or) http://telecom-digest.org/chat/index.html For more news and headlines, please go to: http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/AP.html

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