Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human

That story is an absolute impossibility.

The cell phone charger would be a pile of charred plastic long before
it sent that kind of current into the phone.
Given the sketchy details of the original story, I will agree that being "injured" by
talking on a Cell Phone while only the two factors of 1) The phone was being charged,
and 2) the phone *RANG* is rather far-fetched.

First: The phone won't *RING* if you're talking on it - the second call is announced by
a tone or a *beep* - softly, in your earphone.

Secondly: "Charging" isn't a high-voltage or high-current event ...

POSSIBLY: You could have a defective or poorly made BATTERY - they have been known
to either explode or burst into flames ... probably not *phunn* if you're holding the phone
to your ear when it goes *Zapp* or *BOOM*!

The Greatest Danger is using ANY Appliance or Device that is connected to any WIRES
during an electrical / lightning storm!
If it "plugs in" to the wall - be it land-line telephone, cell phone connected to a charger,
hair dryer, microwave oven, or coffee pot ~~~
Do NOT Touch it if you see lightning or hear thunder!

Lightning travels in Very Strange Ways - you're at risk if you're just touching ANY electrical
or electronic device during a storm.
Go sit in a soft chair and *pat* a Dawg or a Kat --- THEY aren't too dangerous in a storm.