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SaferProducts incident

Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Apple iPhone 7

Category

Phone

Report number

20170928-FB719-1699353

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170928-FB719-1699353. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Apple iPhone 7. Incident: I watched as a car driver dropped a burning cell phone to the ground. The driver was passing through an intersection and I was waiting for the traffic light to change. The driver continued to drive away and I got out of my car and extinguished the fire with my boot.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.

Official report number: 20170928-FB719-1699353. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.