The 14-year-old was treated for burns in hospital after her smart phone, an iPhone 5c, caught fire and set her clothing alight.
The girl – who was in her school
classroom in Maine, in the north-eastern United States, at the time,
“heard a pop” and saw smoke coming from her back pocket, immediately
sending fellow students for help.
Principal Jeff Rodman told local
reporters the girl struggled to remove her trousers and used a “stop,
drop and roll” response to put out the flames.
According to Seacoast Online,
paramedics treated the girl – who’s injuries were described as
“moderate” – at the school before transferring her to a nearby hospital.
Fire chief Andrew Palmeri has put the freak accident down to an “electrical short”.
He said: “People should obviously use
caution when placing their phones in their back pockets so as not to
crush them and cause an electrical short.”
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