Nurses save the day when power bank smokes in emergency room
Nurses save the day when power bank smokes in emergency room
2026-07-02
A man in Changhua City narrowly avoided disaster after his power bank suddenly began smoking and making popping sounds while charging his phone in a hospital emergency room. Nurses quickly responded with a fire extinguisher and then cooled the device in water, preventing the situation from escalating.
A man lies on a hospital bed waiting for his girlfriend to come back, when his power bank suddenly starts smoking. Startled, he jumps up and flees from the smoke. Hospital staff quickly grab a fire extinguisher and use it on the smoking battery.
Hsu Chi-wei
Firefighter
The power bank started emitting smoke and making popping sounds. Hospital staff immediately used a fire extinguisher to stop the smoke and then placed the power bank in water to cool it down.
The incident occurred in the emergency room at Hanming Christian Hospital in Changhua. Thanks to fire prevention training and lithium battery safety videos, hospital staff responded quickly. They followed the correct procedure, first extinguishing the smoke, then submerging the device to cool it. While fire extinguishers can temporarily suppress flames, they cannot stop the underlying thermal reaction that causes power banks to smoke.
Chiu Yu-jui
Hospital physician
The patient’s boyfriend’s power bank was on the bed and suddenly caught fire, burning a hole in the sheet. Fortunately, our nursing staff is well-trained in fire safety and were able to quickly put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.
Thankfully, the fire was quickly controlled, and no one was injured. The hospital later held a ceremony to commend the staff who helped put out the fire. It also urged people not to place power banks on beds or blankets, and not to bring plug-in power banks into the facility, noting that this incident could have injured patients and endangered staff.
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急診失火! 患者男友"邊充電邊滑手機" 行動電源爆炸起火
2026-07-02
彰化市有病患的男友，在醫院急診室病床滑手機，一邊使用磁吸行動電源充手機，不料行動電源，突然冒煙還傳出爆炸聲響，幸好醫護人員訓練有素，趕緊拿滅火器救火，接著再把行動電源泡水降溫，成功化解危機。
病患男友躺在床上滑手機，等待女友回來，但先等來的不是女友，而是爆炸的行動電源！只見滑手機的男子，嚇一大跳，趕緊從床上跳下來，大量濃煙瞬間竄出，醫護人員趕緊拿滅火器，對著冒煙的行動電源猛噴。
[[彰化消防分隊隊員 徐啟維]]
“行動電源產生冒煙及爆炸聲，院方立即使用二氧化碳滅火器，進行初步滅火後，院方將行動電源浸泡入臉盆內，進行防燃降溫處置。”
火警地點就在彰化市漢銘基督教醫院急診室，院方處置得宜，全是因為醫護人員，曾看過鋰電池火災宣導影片，平常落實防火，才能在意外發生時，及時派上用場。行動電源燒起來，正確SOP就是先初步滅火，再將行動電源泡水，直到完全冷卻，因為乾粉滅火器只能短暫壓制火苗，無法中斷熱失控的化學變化。
[[漢基急診外科醫師 邱昱瑞]]
“患者本身她男朋友的行動電源，擺在床上，行動電源本身就突然發生，有自燃的情形，那將這個床單就是燒破一個洞，那所幸我們醫院的護理人員，有經過良好的消防訓練，所以及時就拿滅火器，將這個火警撲滅掉。”
這起火警有驚無險，零傷亡落幕，院方事後也舉行頒獎典禮，表揚救火有功的醫護人員。院方呼籲民眾，不要把行動電源，放在床上或棉被等易燃物，也不要把自帶插頭的行動電源帶進來。像這次個案，民眾把行動電源放在床上就是錯誤示範，幸虧火勢及時撲滅，燒毀的只是床單，否則恐怕燒傷自己，還可能危及他人。
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