Hello Modernflame,Prophetic choice of username...Glad to hear your response and glad to hear that everyone is still healthy. It also sounds like there was minimal property damage.Did the cell actually come apart?If the cell was the cause, shipping damage could have contributed. However, I would expect shipping damage to reveal itself quicker.If the charger was the cause you may have missed a charger heating up and only touched the cells to see if they were hot. I do that all the time.Keep us informed of what you find.Hindsight allows us to comment after the fact so take this for what it is worth...I make it a practice to closely attend to the initial few charges of both cells and chargers.Tom