EE recalls portable battery in light of fire hazard

Talk Android’s Tony Pilato reported on an incident last week involving an EE Power Bar bursting into flames and severely burning the hand of a 26 year old medical student from Aberdeen.

In the latest update to this story, EE is officially recalling all Power Bars from that particular batch, admitting that this was not an isolated incident.

If you are the owner of an EE Power Bar that bares the model number of E1-06 on the side, you are requested to return the portable batter to the nearest EE store. EE states that Power Bars from any other batch are not affected and pose no risk.

We’ve identified a very small number of incidents where Power Bars have overheated, all of which relate to batch E1-06, and could pose a fire safety risk. EE Power Bars can be identified by a code found on the side of the device. For the recalled models this code will read ‘E1-06′.

To read more about the recall, please check out the source link below. There are some helpful links there including one to assist you in finding your nearest EE store that will accept your faulty Power Bar should it be from this particular batch.

Source: EE

Come comment on this article: EE recalls portable battery in light of fire hazard