title: Fatal domestic accident from a 1.5 volt dry-cell battery explosion as seen in lagos state university teaching hospital, ikeja, lagos, Nigeria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To illustrate the danger of wrong disposal of used dry-cell batteries in Lagos, Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information was extracted from the case notes of a patient who died following the explosion of a 1.5 volt dry-cell battery. No post-mortem was performed because the death certificate was inadvertently issued and the body was buried hurriedly according to Islamic rites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 53% burn involving the face, upper arm, trunk, and thigh was found on examination, in addition to inhalation injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dry-cell batteries are highly explosive when heated. There is a need to educate the populace about their explosive nature and to keep batteries away from children.
authors: Departments of Surgery, Burns and Plastic Unit   and Morbid Anatomy, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.
authors: I O
authors: IO
authors: Fadeyibi
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Izegbu
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Benebo