携帯型音楽播放機出煙

Recently the NHK News reported the following:

東京・世田谷区にある東急田園都市線の桜新町駅で、１３日朝、アップル社の「ｉＰｏｄ」とみられる携帯型の音楽プレーヤーから煙が出る騒ぎがあり、電車が８分間止まりました。このトラブルによるけが人はありませんでした。
１３日午前８時２０分すぎ、東急田園都市線の桜新町駅で、中央林間発、清澄白河行きの普通電車に乗っていた乗客から、「車内で焦げ臭いにおいがする」という通報が駅員に寄せられました。駅員が車内を調べたところ、乗客の女性が「自分のｉＰｏｄが壊れて煙が出た」と話し、女性の携帯型の音楽プレーヤーが壊れているのを確認しました。このトラブルによるけが人はありませんでしたが、電車は桜新町駅で８分間止まりました。アップル社の携帯型の音楽プレーヤーをめぐっては、「ｉＰｏｄ ｎａｎｏ」という製品で、充電中にバッテリーが過熱し、火災や発熱が起きる事故が相次いでいて、販売開始からの５年間で事故が６１件発生し、４人がやけどをしています。

In the morning of the 13th at Sakurashimmachi Station of Tokyu Denentoshi Line in Tokyo Setagaya Ward there was a commotion when smoke came out from the portable type music player thought to be the "iPod" of Apple Computer Inc., the train stopped for eight minutes. No one was injured because of this trouble.

In the morning on the 13th at slightly past 8.20 am, at Sakurashimmachi Station of Tokyu Denetoshi Line, passenger taking the regular train that departed from Chuo-Rinkan heading towards Kiyoshumi Shirakawa reported that "There was a smell in the car", and the station employee was informed. When the station employee examined the car, a woman passenger said, "My iPod had trouble and there was smoke coming out", it was confirmed that the woman's portable type music player was destroyed. The train stopped for eight minutes at Sakurashimmachi Station though no one was injured because of this trouble. It was the product called "iPod nano", a portable type music player of Apple Computer Inc., while charging the battery was overheated, accidents such as fire and heating had happened in succession, and in the five years since its commercial launching 61 accidents had occurred, and four people had suffered burning.

If you are using similar iPod music players, better be careful with the battery.