A 14-year-old girl died after a smartphone battery exploded overnight

Smartphone batteries aren't supposed to explode, which is why the ones that do always seem to make the news. Most of the time, affected users survive these unfortunate accidents, but some of them can be fatal. A man in Malaysia died more than a year ago when one of the two phones he was charging overnight exploded. A similar tragedy just happened in Kazakhstan, claiming the life of a 14-year-old girl. Alua Asetkyzy Abzalbek was asleep when her phone caught fire while the battery was charging, Th...