PHOTOS: Man Suffer Burns On His Face After His Phone Explodes

A man was seriously injured after his mobile phone blew up in his face when he tried making a quick phone call.

Bhavesh Thummer, a professional diamond polisher, was left with burns to his face and chest following the shocking incident in India.

Requiring urgent medical treatment, the 30-year-old was rushed to a private hospital in the city of Surat, Gujurat State.

Photos of the charred remains of his mobile phone have emerged with black soot clearly visible on the phone's large battery.

A black fragment of the phone's case lies shattered in the man's hands after the explosion. No one else was reportedly injured when the phone exploded.

Mr Thummer's left eye and ear were burnt in the incident, leaving him wearing a heavy bandage across the whole of his left eye.

The device exploded whilst Mr Thummer was visiting his friend's timber market in Punagam, Surat.