A woman had her mobile phone battery explode in her home last night.

Leanne Mills from Gravesend has posted pictures of her charred Samsung Galaxy S4 on Twitter after the freak event.

She tweeted: "S4 battery exploded at 1am causing smoke, fumes & sum flames, cud ave been deadly."

She added the charger was the "original" and "not a cheap one".

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