Cost of Ignorance

Mr. Aditya Suresh Joshi , age 19 , studying in 1st year of engineering, died in Keshvani Hospital , Mumbai. He was admitted in Keshavani Hospital as a  burned patient .

The Incident

A group of college students went to Amravati ( One of the district place located in State of Maharashtra ) on a study tour with their teachers. Once their tour got over, all of them stood at Badnera railway station to catch the return train. They started taking pictures using their mobile phones and digital cameras. One of them complained that, in his camera , he was not able to capture more number of friends in one frame. He was not able to catch the angle. At that there was one goods wagon (all of them were oil tankers) train resting between 2 main railway lines.Another boy suggested that let's climb on train boogie and take picture so that all of them can be accommodated in single frame.

To get a wider view, one of them, a young boy, climbed up a boogie of an oil tanker. Above his head, 40000 volts electrical line was passing through. As soon as he clicked for a picture through the digital camera , that 40000 volt current passed through the flash light in his body.All this happened within a fraction of a second . The next moment his body was thrown up and on to the platform. With 50% burns, he was air lifted to the Keshavani Hospital, Mumbai . He died a few hours later.
The Concern

Now the main concern is that how many of us know or are aware of such dangers? Using cell phone in the petrol pump or gas station is a very common sight in India. In the user guide of cell phone, it is warned not to use it at the petrol pump, but how many of us really care to read the user guide and worse, avoid using it in spite of being aware ??

Technical Reason

The reasoning behind the incident is that whenever the high electromagnetic waves radiated from the cell phone are more than the threshold to produce high static electricity, it heats up the air. Under these circumstances, if there is presence of any inflammable vapour in the air having flash point lower than the air temperature, it creates an explosion.

Appeal

Now how many of us are aware about this technological threats & dangers ??
It's an earnest request to the people not to use camera under these situations or mobile phones at petrol pumps and while driving too. Most people are either ignorant or don't seem to care . Please avoid talking on mobile phones while they are in charging mode.
Please avoid charging mobile phones near Your bed and/or near wooden furniture.  Also, avoid talking on mobile phones while charging and when you are near high voltage electrical lines .