SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170102-C1204-2147408599. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Apple iPhone. Incident: My Apple iPhone 6c was plunged into an Apple charger with an Apple charging cord which came with the original purchase of phone. I had noticed the phone would become extremely warm if it was in use while plugged in. This did not seem to be unusual. My phone was plugged in and lying on my bed. I got up to let my dog outside. After approximately 5 minutes I returned upstairs to my bedroom. I heard a hissing sound and thought it was the stool running. At the top of the stairs I could see an orange inferno covering my bed. I panicked and started to run and get the hose. Realizing it was unhooked and may have water in it that was frozen. I ran back upstairs for my phone to call the fire department an realized my phone would have been in the center of the inferno. Black smoke filled the room with the distinct smell of an electrical fire. To save my home from burning to the ground, I grabbed the side of my down comforter and flipped it over onto the flames. As I did that the fan of air to the flames whooshed out at me and caught the hair on the right side of my head on fire. I backed away to brush the fire in my hair off and noticed that covering the flames on the bed helped. I went into the hall for a breath of less smokey air and realized I must do this again if I were to save my home. This time I was more cautious as I flipped the other side of the comfort or over the flames. My beard melted to my face and all hair on my arms and chest was singed to the skin. Went for more air an