An alarming iPhone 4 fire accident was caught by a Nest camera.
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A South Korean customer looks at the Apple iPhone 4 at the headquarters of KT in Seoul on September 10, 2010.
In the footage, it can be seen that the iOS device was suddenly ablaze on the kitchen counter.
Brian Leisgang said that his kids were charging the old iOS device overnight before it exploded.
"Our kids were charging our old iPhone 4 with the apple charger last night and it exploded and caught on fire in our kitchen while we were sleeping," said the parent via his official Facebook post.
Alarming iPhone 4 Fire Incident Recorded by Nest Camera!
According to 9To5Mac's latest report, the family's Google Nest camera, which is set in the kitchen for monitoring, caught the iPhone 4 fire incident.
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The new iPhone 4, which went on sale this morning, is displayed at the flagship Apple Store on Fifth Avenue on June 24, 2010 in New York City. People waited outside of stores overnight to be first in line when doors opened at 7 a.m. in New York and at 8 a.m. local time in Germany, Japan, France and the United Kingdom.
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Luckily, Brian and his wife, Jennifer Leisgang, cleaned the kitchen counter before the accident happened.
The parents shared that the counter usually has lots of papers and school books. If they didn't clean that area, the fire might have worsened.
The 23-second footage showed that the fire created by the iPhone 4 was able to light up the kitchen.
This means that the blaze was somehow a large one. After a few seconds, the fire subsided.
If you want to see the actual footage, you can watch the official Facebook video of Brian below:
What It Happens and How to Prevent It
How-To-Geek reported that old smartphones are a fire hazard.
This is because their lithium-ion batteries degrade as time goes by. In the case of Brian, their kids are using the old iPhone 4.
This means that the device's battery is already at risk of failure.
Aside from being an old device, Brian also mentioned that their kids charged the iPhone 4 overnight.
There's a chance that the battery over-charged, leading to the fire explosion.
To avoid this kind of incident, you can follow these tips:
- Avoid overnight charging.
- Use authentic iPhone chargers.
- Visit the nearest Apple store to have your device checked.
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