That's right! Or maybe a comet landed in his pants. Ever think of that?

But no way was it his cell phone. No freakin' way, say.... Oh, wait. Say Nokia engineers.

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A fire that started in a California man's pants pocket, critically injuring him and destroying his hotel room, was not ignited by a cellphone as authorities suspected, phone technicians said.

Nokia Corp. engineers found the charred device still worked Wednesday and persuaded fire department investigators it had not spontaneously ignited in Luis Picaso's pocket.

"He could have been smoking a cigarette, the cigarette fell into his pocket and it started on fire," Vallejo fire inspector Bill Tweedy said.

(cnews)