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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

IPhone iPhone 16 Plus

Category

Phone

Report number

20260812-79097-2147312532

Ownership age

About 12 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260812-79097-2147312532. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: IPhone iPhone 16 Plus. Source model text: iphone 16. Incident: an iPhone 16 was charging at around 8:30 sizzling was heard my son immediately unplugged the charger the phone popped in his hand causing him to drop from hot temperture. The back part of our house filled with smoke causing the smoke detector to go off. The phone produced soot all over the room a blister on my son's hand and burned the carpet to plastic.

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Official report number: 20260812-79097-2147312532. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.