A charging smartphone caused a fire in one of the houses in Moscow. This was reported by the Life publication. connection on SHOT Telegram channel.
The incident occurred in a house on the seventh floor on Fergana Street (Vykhino-Zhulebino). Residents of one of the apartments put the device on charge and went to work. At one point, the smartphone’s battery overheated and spontaneously caught fire.
“There was a fire in the room. Neighbors smelled burning and called the fire department. SHOT wrote that four fire crews extinguished the fire.
The room and corridor on the 7th floor of the apartment were damaged in the fire. Flames coming out of the window destroyed the air conditioner of the upstairs apartment. The cat did not survive. The residents of the house escaped without injury.
The brand of the smartphone that caught fire was not specified. The operating conditions of the charger are also unknown.
Most often, budget devices from Chinese brands catch fire. The cause of fire is usually battery failure or damage; This requires heating to over 100 degrees Celsius.
Previously, it was in the hands of a schoolgirl in the Moscow region caught fire telephone.