Edenoscar:

actually theres no scientific proof that cellphones can cause fire in a filling station,the reason for the signs you see at a service station is because fuelling your car is an important task that requires your undivided attention,
Basiclly its the same reason why you're told not to make calls while driving,it makes you careless and you risk being runover

You obviously do not know what you are saying yet you say it with all conviction

older phones can cause that... but newer phones?

see wetin fashola don cause

That's why I don't joke with generators and phones.... Always warn those that do try and risk that, it's deadly!

5DMindset:
We do this all the time and we are not dead yet. It means his time was up, death was looking for a reason, my friends. What fucking radiation generates such heat to cause a fire. That generator was probably leaking fuel.

Okay na. You won't listen. you should go stand in front of an incoming train to know if it is your time or not. Obedience is better than Sacrifice. I have seen a guy got burnt bt this same phone n Generator thing. His arm caught fire.

ITS VERY RISKY USING UR PHONE TORCH LIGHT AT NIGHT TO POUR FUEL INSIDE UR GEN. ESPECIALLY WHEN D PHONE IS VERY CLOSER TO D GENERATOR

brandydaniells:
on 2006 my dad died while operating on a generator with sagem phone touch...learn or lessons

IN as against ON

brandydaniells:
on 2006 my dad died while operating on a generator with sagem phone touch...learn or lessons

SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAD BUT YOUR USE OF ENGLISH IS NOT TOO GOOD OOO,YOUR DAD DIED ON 2006,AND ALSO YOU SAID LEARN OR LESSON..I DONT UNDERSTAND

Please someone should educate me abit....whats the relationship between a phone and a generator,.. How can a cell phone ignite a generator?? Whats the mechanism behind it plzzzz and health hazard...

It's true if your phone contact with Generator it will shock you.

obafemee80:

Don't mind them...
Educated illiterates will rush here to prove to us that its not possible.

I lifted this from a site:

Apparently cell phone signals are too weak to ignite gasoline vapors, but the human body can generate enough static electiricy (60,000 volts) from simply sliding out of your car seat to do just that. Do you pay attention to all those signs at the gas pump telling you to to make sure your car, cell phone, PDA, pacemaker, etc. are all turn off

Other ways that a mobile phone could generate a spark at a petrol station/generator would be due to a defective battery(explosion)

Phone signals are weak quite alright but not when a call try coming in. It will definitely ignite a gasoline vapour.

Nickizoe:
Please someone should educate me abit....whats the relationship between a phone and a generator,.. How can a cell phone ignite a generator?? Whats the mechanism behind it plzzzz and health hazard...

lol I don't believe the story as well.. Light can never arouse the fire point of petrol.. Radiowaves and friction can do such only..

The op wasn't there at the time of the incident to I don't think the phone torch was the cause..

ItsTheBachelor:
Was the generator on or off?

Good Question, Was The Generator Working And The Guy Was Trying To Put Fuel Using His Fone Torch Or?

ItsTheBachelor:
Was the generator on or off?

Whether on or off there's still fuel in the tank.

Abdstrakt:

Whether on or off there's still fuel in the tank.

he just asked a technical question.. So u telling me if the gen was off and I put on d torch and face into the gen tank, the petrol will ignite?



Lord of mercy..

If he had electricity, would we be hearing this now. This country has killed a lot of her citizens. So unfortunate.

I'm used to telling people when I see them pouring fuel on generator while it's working. What a pity on the lives of 21st century's generation!

dingbang:
lol I don't believe the story as well.. Light can never arouse the fire point of petrol.. Radiowaves and friction can do such only..

The op wasn't there at the time of the incident to I don't think the phone torch was the cause..

i wonder ooh....All this mechanical and physics students scholars should educate me as well.... I don't want to ask Guuguu.... Even though i often see a sign of no cell phone on a generator, i still want to know How and why... No knowledge is a waste.... I want to learn

ggoldmine:
RIP to d dead. I heard similar news about 4 years ago. We should be really careful when using phones close to fuel operated devices.

Of a banker too.
I heard that too

greatnaija01:
TOUCH means TO HAVE PHYSICAL CONTACT.... there is no light there....


ITS PHONE TORCH LIGHT then.... TORCH is a light gadget.

its wrong to say 'torch light', just 'torch' will do

Nickizoe:
i wonder ooh....All this mechanical and physics students scholars should educate me as well.... I don't want to ask Guuguu.... Even though i often see a sign of no cell phone on a generator, i still want to know How and why... No knowledge is a waste.... I want to learn

my dear its a simple thing.. Take a fuel.. On ur torch and point at it, will it ignite? Definitely not..

brandydaniells:
on 2006 my dad died while operating on a generator with sagem phone touch...learn or lessons

Sorry to hear dt, may his soul rest in peace

Regardless of which phone it was; while holding the phone I guess a call came through and the rest was history.

Radioactive matter

Nickizoe:
i wonder ooh....All this mechanical and physics students scholars should educate me as well.... I don't want to ask Guuguu.... Even though i often see a sign of no cell phone on a generator, i still want to know How and why... No knowledge is a waste.... I want to learn

the sign of no phone on a gen means calls shouldn't be made within the area when the gen is running and the user is at a close range to the generator..

dingbang:
my dear its a simple thing.. Take a fuel.. On ur torch and point at it, will it ignite? Definitely not..

Never....so?? Sound wave

tyokunbo:
Source:http://towncrieronline.net/2017/04/22/man-dies-using-phone-touch-to-operate-generator/

As shared by Princess ...

The guy above, Bode Akinsanya was a staff of FCMB Ogba Branch, he passed on yesterday as a result of burnt suffered why operating his generator with his phone's torch. Please never operate a gen set with phone's torch. Educate all your friends and family please.

What of power bank torch

This story Just has no logical backing... His phone's light was used around the gen and it exploded Error.

There's more than one side to this story.

What if he was refueling while the gen was on... Fuel could have slipped into the spark plug compartment... I don't need to tell you what happens after... I've been a witness to that scenario personally.

What if there was another fire source around him or something else capable of igniting the fuel in the gen.

What if his tank was leaking or the hose leading to the carburetor.

Many things could have happened

But carrying his phone to the gen... Thats a myth.

Even so some people still refuel with their cars, bikes, gens on even with the warning.

Nickizoe:
Never....so?? Sound wave

not sound waves.. Radio waves. And friction... These two things..

dingbang:
the sign of no phone on a gen means calls shouldn't be made within the area when the gen is running and the user is at a close range to the generator..

Soind wave can cause that??

masciv:
This story Just has no logical backing... His phone's light was used around the gen and it exploded Error.

There's more than one side to this story.

What if he was refueling while the gen was on... Fuel could have slipped into the spark plug compartment... I don't need to tell you what happens after... I've been a witness to that scenario personally.

What if there was another fire source around him or something else capable of igniting the fuel in the gen.

What if his tank was leaking or the hose leading to the carburetor.

Many things could have happened

But carrying his phone to the gen... Thats a myth.

Even so some people still refuel with their cars, bikes, gens on even with the warning.

the part where the petrol must have spilled into the spark plug compartment best explains the theory behind the explosion