A man in Atlanta claims he was forced to strip in public after his iPhone 6 Plus caught fire while in the front pocket of his jeans.
“I mean, it was pretty humiliating having to take your pants off in a parking lot,” he told the local Channel Two Action News, asking them to withhold his identity, other than his first name of Rocky.
Photo: Channel Two Action News
Rocky says he was loading his car at Home Depot when he felt a burning sensation and then saw smoke billowing out of his jeans.
“When I saw the smoke, I undid my belt, I undid my pants,” he said. “I pushed it away, turned my head hoping it wouldn’t explode. It burned pretty much my whole front pocket, burned my boxers, started to burn my leg, but I had moved it away in time so it wouldn’t burn me.”
He escaped without suffering any injuries, and says that he is not seeking any compensation.
While this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about an Apple device bursting into flames unexpectedly, in this instance the fault may well be traced to a refurbishing company which re-sold the iPhone after it had had a previous owner. The refurbishing company sent Rocky a replacement, but he says he would still like to receive an apology from them.
Apple has also said it is investigating the strange occurrence.
Source: WSBTV
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
8 responses to “Man claims his iPhone caught fire in his pants”
Yeah, no. This guy probably bought a third party charger or adapter and it fucked something up. Or exposed his iPhone to extreme heat. Like a dryer. LMAO.
Or had 25 apps running that all use the processor.
lair liar pants on fire
Now that’s funny! (even though I think it he’s telling the truth)
Has he tried turning it off and back on again?
My guess is that he bought it refurbished from some back alley repair shop.
#FirePantsGate
He admits that the phone was a refurb. it’s very likely that the company opened the phone to check it for liquid damage and perhaps to put in a replacement battery (third party one at that). And whomever did it potentially nicked the battery or like that plane in Australia, missed that a screw was under the battery. Little hole becomes big issue if that screw falls out, like it might if the adhesive wasn’t all that tight. O2 gets in there and boom boom