A house caught fire in America after a dog chewed a power bank. The video of this incident has been captured in the CCTV camera installed in the house.
In this video released by the Tulsa Fire Department in the US state of Oklahoma, two dogs and a cat can be seen in the living room.
It is seen in the video that a dog is chewing the power bank with its teeth. Meanwhile, suddenly a short circuit occurs in the power bank and a fire occurs. Fortunately, there was a pet door to exit the living room, due to which the dog and cat came out safely and everyone’s life was saved. There have been several incidents of blasts in power banks in the past also.
In the year 2021, a case of explosion in a power bank was reported in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, where a power bank exploded while charging a mobile phone. A young man had died in this blast. The explosion was so strong that the roof of the house was blown off and the wall cracked.
The power bank is designed so that gadgets like mobile phones can be charged when there is no electricity, but one needs to be very careful while using it, because it has two or three times more mAh (milli ampere) than the mobile phone. Hour) battery.
Question- What is power bank?
It is an electronic device. With this, gadgets like mobile phones, tablets or laptops that support USB charging can be charged. Power banks are most needed when there is no electricity supply at home for a long time or to charge gadgets while traveling.
Usually a power bank has a capacity ranging from 10000 mAh to 20000 mAh. Which can easily fully charge a 5000 mAh phone 2 to 4 times.
It is portable i.e. it is very easy to carry. Lithium-ion or lithium polymer batteries are used in power banks, which are flammable.