what phone caught on fire
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 replacement phone reportedly catches fire on plane. by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattles October 6, 2016: 4:59 PM ET. A Southwest Airlines flight was canceled Wednesday after a passenger's Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone caught fire on board.
Why phone explosions/fires should not make the news. Incidents where smartphones overheat, catch fire, or explode occur regularly. A quick Google search will reveal plenty of cases, which often garner hundreds of comments on Reddit, XDA, and other platforms where mobile users congregate. Just this week, two incidents involving Samsung devices made the news. Just this week, two incidents involving Samsung devices surfaced â in one case, a young woman in Switzerland suffered a bad burn on her thigh when the Galaxy S3 she had in her pocket caught fire without warning.
Ariel Tolfree, (there's a phone/toll free joke in there somewhere regarding her last name, but we'll just let it slide), a 13-year-old from Dallas was sleeping on top of her Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phone when it reportedly caught fire and straight-up melted while it was under her pillow.