Batteries Go Boom?

[Phaseman66]

Ran across this news item, it does NOT say what the purpose of these particular batteries were, but a lesson nonetheless.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEDEX_PACKAGE_EXPLOSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Edited April 14, 2010 by Phaseman66

[ROOR]

For some reason i have a really bad feeling that was my package....

[mcquinn]

I had five 10440's in an old plastic flip top cigg.case and one them shorted for a while it eas kinda frazzled ,but I cleaned it ,charged it up and it is working fine.It was non protected because the connection on the circut board broke and I removed it.