Mobile phone explodes, burns down car

Detroit - Post the incident, the woman made her claim to Samsung.

A woman in Detroit escaped a fatal accident after her Samsung phone exploded and set her car on fire. The woman had placed a Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S8 in the car cup holder when she noticed a spark and immediately pulled over. Moments later her Nissan Maxima burst into flames.
"I thought I was going to die when I saw the sparks and the fire. It happened quickly. People were telling me to get away from the car. What if I was on the highway stuck in traffic and couldn't get out," Daily Mail quoted the woman as saying in WXYZ.
The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, was driving around 10:00 pm on 21 May when the accident took place and fortunately escaped unhurt. The Detroit Fire Department immediately opened an investigation and ruled out anything suspicious behind the accident.
Post the incident, the woman made her claim to Samsung and said she was shocked when the company sent her an entire 'recovery box' kit to return what was left of the phone. Included in the kit was a pair of blue gloves, a static-sensitive bag, and illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to mail back the phone.  
"Samsung asked her to use rubber gloves to take all the pieces from the car that look like part of the phone and put them in the pre-stamped box," Gerald Thurswell, the woman's attorney, explained.
Samsung said in their defence that the company was merely following federal guidelines on how to ship potentially dangerous or hazardous material. "We stand behind the quality and safety of the millions of Samsung phones in the United States. We are eager to conduct a full investigation of this matter and until we are able to examine all of the evidence, it is impossible to determine the true cause of any incident," the company said in a statement.
In a similar incident, in September 2016, a car caught on fire in Port St Lucie, Florida, after the phone blew up while charging in a car. While earlier that month, US authorities banned passengers from using the phone during flights. Some airlines also stated they could not be added to checked luggage, fearing they would explode or catch on fire in the hold.
Samsung asked users around the world to 'immediately' return their existing Galaxy Note 7 and get a replacement.