Exploding Samsung Galaxy phone leaves teenager with burns

18 years Fanny Schlatter from Swiss suffered bums when her Samsung Galaxy S3 exploded in her trouser pocket.

Ms Schlatter was working as an painting apprentice when she heard an explosion, then noticed a strange chemical smell and her work trousers began to catch fire.

She claims to have been left with no feeling in her right thigh and said she will be launching a criminal complaint against Samsung.

The Swiss teenager has been signed off work until 15 August.  

This is not the first time a Samsung Galaxy S3 battery has supposedly exploded.

In May this year, Reddit user Vizionx1208 posted pictures of his destroyed Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone, claiming he was 'awoken by a loud noise and a weird squeaking sound.'

A phone battery spontaneously caught fire in a man's back pocket at the Defcon hacking conference in the U.S in 2010, and in 2009, a man was killed when his exploding phone severed his neck artery. 

Last month, a fire in a Peterborough house was thought to have been caused by an exploding phone battery after a handset was left on charge overnight.

In a statement, a Samsung spokesperson said:

‘we will conduct a thorough examination to determine the exact cause of this incident.’

‘We would like to assure our customers that we have always employed strict quality control and safety standards to ensure a safe and pleasant user experience.'