WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A man from New York claims that his iPhone blew up in his pant pockets and gave him third-degree burns on his thighs.
'I had the phone in my pocket and I bent over to get keys and all I heard was pop. Sssssh smoke coming out. And just like an instant burn, my leg just starts going on fire,' Erik Johnson said to WABC TV.
'I was literally jumping up and down trying to get the phone out of my pocket, but I think the phone melted my pockets shut so I couldn't get into it and I had to rip my pants off and throw the pants to the side. A couple of people actually said they could smell my body burning,' Johnson added in the exclusive interview.
Johnson had second and third degree burns on his inner thighs. His burn was so bad that he spent 10 days in the burn unit of the hospital.
According to tech experts, a damage to a phone's circuit board or the use of third party charging cables can lead to overheating of battery and explosion of the phone.
Johnson claims that he was not using a battery case or third-party charger.
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