Why do phones explode in a microwave?

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but I want to know why they explode in when you microwave them… I saw a video somewhere of someone microwaving an iphone and it exploded. What is in the phone that causes it to explode so quickly?

The battery.

The heat, sort of along the same lines as the Galaxy Note 7 explosions.

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