Asansol (WB): A Nokia mobile battery of the BL-5C series exploded while being charged at a telecom shop in Asansol on Friday. Though there was no fatal accident, a photocopier and an electric board were damaged.

This is the third incident of cell phone battery explosion in the state in past couple of days.
Ajit Prasad, proprietor of the shop, said the mobile phone belonging to him burst 10 minutes after he put it on charge.

On Thursday, the battery of a Reliance cell phone of Classic series burst in a shop at Chakdah in Nadia district of West Bengal where it had been given for repair. No one was injured.

Additional police superintendent B Baidya has confirmed the episode.

Nokia had already issued an advisory asking people to return their BL-5C batteries. The company in the advisory on its official website has declared that some 100 such disruptions have occurred across the globe while charging the battery.