After earlier news report that a cell phone critically burned a man nd damaged the man's apartment, a California fire investigator reversed the earlier finding and said today that the cell phone was not the cause.According to investigator William Tweedy's written report issued Saturday claimed that a cell phone malfunctioned, igniting the fire, however, today Tweedy stated in an interview that the phone was not to blame, based on a test conducted by a Nokia phone expert.The victim Luis Picaso, 59, remains in critical condition at the University of Cailornia at Davis Medical Center. Picaso has undergone surgery yesterday and is recovering. Fire officials have not been able to interview him since the surgery. Tweedy said he called Nokia for assistance in the investigation and did not feel compelled by any source to revise his findings. "I called Nokia and their expert performed the test in front of me," he said.

The test was conducted yesterday. "The phone still works, so it's ruled out as the ignition source," Tweedy said. The phone, a Nokia 2125i, was fairly new and was burned, but apparently the fire started somewhere else, Tweedy said. Tweedy said the Nokia expert, whom he would not name, could make the burned phone work, and also could make a phone call with it. The battery in the phone was undamaged, Tweedy said.