11-Year-Old's iPhone 6 Catches Fire in the US: Report

The cause of the fire is unclear.

11-Year-Old's iPhone 6 Catches Fire in the US: Report

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Highlights
  • I saw sparks flying everywhere: Girl
  • The girl's mom dialled Apple support after the incident
  • She was instructed by Apple to ship the phone to the retailer
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An Apple iPhone 6 owned by an 11-year-old girl from California caught fire and burned holes in her blanket once she threw the device on it, the media has reported.

"I was sitting down, and I had my phone in my hand and then I saw sparks flying everywhere and I just threw it on a blanket. I was right here on the bed and the phone managed to burn through this blanket and make these holes," the girl was quoted as saying by 9to5Mac on Saturday.

Maria Adata, the girl's mom, dialled Apple support and was instructed to send pictures and ship the phone to the retailer.

"This could have been my child. My child could have been caught on fire and she could have been hurt more and I am glad she's ok," turnto23.com has reported.

According to the iPhone maker, there are several things that may cause an iPhone to catch fire, including using unauthorised charging cables and chargers.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time that an iPhone has caught fire.

Two years ago, a viral video on Twitter claimed to show an iPhone 7 Plus catching fire.

In December last year, a three-week-old iPhone XS Max smartphone reportedly caught fire in the rear pocket of man from Ohio, United States. The person contacted Apple over the matter but expressed his disappointment over the replacement option given by the company.

Written with inputs from IANS

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