An iPhone 5
charger exploded and caused a blackout at a company in Guangzhou on Thursday,
according to local news website ycwb.com.
A staff
member at the company surnamed Li plugged in the charger for her white iPhone 5
on Thursday morning. The charger promptly blew up and sparks came out of the
place where the two devices connected. Li quickly pulled her hands away but her
fingertips were turned black by the considerable smoke produced by the sparks.
The
overload caused the power supply to the whole company to shut down. Burn marks
could be seen on the phone's USB connector, the charger and a power socket
beneath Li's desk. The smartphone and the socket survived the explosion,
however.
Li said
Apple staff had contacted her to ask for her smartphone's serial number and to
ascertain whether she was using a standard Apple charger. Li says she has not
had any reply since then.
In July, A
23-year-old flight attendant named Ma Ailun from Xinjiang in northwestern China
died when she was electrocuted while using her iPhone 4S as it was charging
from a non-authenticated charger. Her death has been attributed to the charger
itself, which may have been manufactured with inferior materials leading to an
electricity surge going directly into the iPhone battery. A similar case was
also reported in Beijing, where a man surnamed Wu remains in a coma after being
electrocuted by his charging iPhone 4S.
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