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Charging a smartphone overnight causes it to catch fire.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that charging a smartphone overnight causes it to catch fire?

No. A Skeptics Stack Exchange answer directly addresses overnight phone charging and concludes it is no more dangerous than daytime charging, and another notes phone battery fires are rarer than lightning strikes. A single Galaxy Note 7 charging-fire incident is cited, but that reflects one defective model rather than overnight charging generally.

Verdict: REFUTED · 1 source for, 2 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
Management Communication
2019
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O'Rourke, J. S. (2019). Management Communication. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=gpaTDwAAQBAJ&dq=Charging+a+smartphone+overnight+causes+it+to+catch+fire.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

Evidence against · 2
Is charging your phone overnight dangerous?
2017
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Is charging your phone overnight dangerous?. (2017). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/38783/is-charging-your-phone-overnight-dangerous

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More against · 1
Do 1.5% of lithium-ion batteries overheat, explode, or catch fire each year?
2024
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Do 1.5% of lithium-ion batteries overheat, explode, or catch fire each year?. (2024). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/56753/do-1-5-of-lithium-ion-batteries-overheat-explode-or-catch-fire-each-year

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