VIDEO: iPhone bursts into flames while charging on kitchen counter - WFLA

by: Kaycee Sloan

Posted: Jan 19, 2023 / 07:13 AM EST

Updated: Jan 19, 2023 / 07:13 AM EST

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WFLA) – An Ohio household said they’re “extremely lucky” aft an iPhone burst into flames portion they were sleeping past week.

Brian and Jennifer Leisgang of Cincinnati, Ohio, shared footage of the exploding telephone connected Facebook, pleading for radical to share.

The Leisgang’s said their children were charging the aged iPhone 4 with an Apple charger erstwhile it abruptly exploded and caught occurrence successful their kitchen.

Brain said everyone successful the location was dormant erstwhile the telephone went up successful flames.

“Please share! We are highly fortunate to debar a location fire,” Brian wrote connected Facebook. “Our kids were charging our aged iPhone 4 with the Apple charger past nighttime and it exploded and caught connected occurrence successful our room portion we were sleeping.”

He said the antagonistic is usually covered successful papers and schoolhouse books, adding that the household had conscionable cleaned disconnected the country the time before, avoiding a much harmful situation.

“Luckily, we had conscionable cleaned disconnected the antagonistic yesterday, arsenic it usually has tons of schoolhouse books and papers successful that area.”

Brian said that aft the flames settled, tiny pieces of the telephone and achromatic soot were sprayed retired implicit the antagonistic the adjacent morning. He said helium posted the video to hopefully assistance forestall a occurrence successful idiosyncratic else’s home.

“There were tiny pieces of the telephone and achromatic soot each implicit the antagonistic this morning. I’ve posted the video beneath and anticipation sharing this tin perchance assistance forestall a occurrence successful idiosyncratic else’s house,” helium wrote successful his post.