How Do Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Batteries Explode?

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NBC News was granted rare access inside the Underwriters Laboratory in Chicago to view their special battery testing lab, where we received an up-close look at how batteries explode.

Oct. 13, 2016, 9:22 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 13, 2016, 9:22 PM EDT

By Jeff Rossen and Daniel A. Medina

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Samsung Battery Recall Draws More Attention to Smartphone Fires

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Samsung earlier this week announced a worldwide recall on its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after the phone caught fire in several high-profile incidents due to battery issues.

Although the company never used the word "recall" in its announcement, the message was clear: the company has not yet figured out what's causing the Lithium-Ion batteries to catch fire.

The recall prompted several mail carriers and shipping companies to institute strict guidelines about how to transport the phones back to the company.

And the episode has also prompted greater public oversight into the issue of battery fires and the dangers they pose to public safety.

NBC News was granted rare access inside the Underwriters Laboratories in Chicago to view their special battery testing lab, where we received an up-close look at how batteries explode.

Jeff Rossen

Rossen is a national investigative correspondent for NBC News. He contributes to all NBC News programs and platforms including "TODAY," "Nightly News with Brian Williams," MSNBC, NBCNews.com, NBC News Radio and the network's mobile properties in addition to reporting for WNBC.

Rossen joined NBC News in September 2008 from WABC-TV in New York where he had been a reporter and fill-in anchor for the Eyewitness News team since May 2001. During his time at WABC, Rossen covered stories around the globe, including the terrorist bombings in London, the Virginia Tech Massacre, the 2012 Summer Olympics bidding process, the crash of the Space Shuttle Columbia in Texas, the arrest and child molestation trial of Michael Jackson and the World Trade Center attacks in New York on 9/11.

Rossen began his broadcasting career in radio at WBLI-FM on Long Island, N.Y. He made the transition from radio to local television as a reporter for ABC affiliate WUTR-TV in Utica, N.Y. Rossen then moved on to report for ABC affiliate WIXT-TV in Syracuse, N.Y., and then Fox affiliate WJBK-TV in Detroit, Mich.

He earned an Emmy Award for deadline news writing and has also received an award from the U.S. Justice Department for a special report on crime victims.

Rossen graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He grew up on Long Island and currently resides in New Jersey.

Daniel A. Medina

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