Overview
- The device exploded while charging on a patio, and a spark ignited a nearby container of thinner, causing a rapidly spreading fire.
- The 16-year-old, identified as Benjamín, remains hospitalized in Córdoba with burns over 60% of his body, conscious and breathing on his own after multiple procedures.
- Clinicians revised the injury extent from an initial 40% to 60% after the first surgery, and they project three to four months of hospitalization, grafts, and rehabilitation.
- Care has been provided at the Instituto del Quemado and, according to reports, at the Hospital de Córdoba, with no immediate respiratory or organ failure noted.
- The phone was a Nubia Neo 2 5G gaming model acquired about seven months earlier, and although the technical cause is not yet determined, a Conicet specialist outlined lithium‑ion failure risks and advised official chargers, ventilation, and keeping devices away from flammables.