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Watch as Samsung phone explodes in a man's shirt pocket Samsung says the man wasn't using an approved battery.

This phone, released in 2013, just blew up in a man's shirt pocket. Photo by Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive Another Samsung phone has gone up in flames. But it's not Samsung at fault this time. A man in Indonesia was seen falling onto the ground trying to rip his shirt off after his phone exploded in his left breast pocket and set the garment aflame,  Channel News Asia reported Thursday. The phone in question was a Samsung Grand Duos model released in 2013. The incident was caught on CCTV at Hotel Ciputra Semarang where the man works. Called Yulianto, he is seen reaching for his phone when it suddenly burst into bright blue flames. He fell to the ground frantically trying to get his shirt off for a couple of seconds before a bystander stepped in to help. Yulianto suffered minor burns, said local police, adding that the combustion may have been partly caused by the victim using Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth features concurrently when it happened. It's not the first time the S...