Samsung Galaxy S4 Catches on Fire, Burns Down Apartment

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Posted July 30, 2013 at 3:47am by iClarified

A Samsung Galaxy S4 has reportedly caught on fire and burned down an entire apartment in Hong Kong. According to the owner Du, the device was an official Samsung Galaxy S4 with no third party accessories or components -- everything was original Samsung parts. The device was not charging when the battery suddenly burst into flames.

As soon as the device caught on fire, Du threw his device under a couch making the whole situation worse as the fire spread to the rest of his apartment. Thankfully, no one was hurt as Du and his wife were able to escape the apartment unharmed.

Samsung has said it will be looking into the matter and will perform a chemical analysis of the destroyed device.

Recently, a flight attendant was shocked to death when answering a phone call on her iPhone that was charging. Apple investigated the matter believed to be caused by a third party charger and encouraged users to only use official chargers.

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gamerscul9870 - December 11, 2013 at 9:35pm

Lea, what is so same about iphone like before? There are reviews on apples site and videos on youtube about how the 5s is compared to competitors! They were the first to release a phone with desktop architecture, it's like carrying a creative computer in your pocket & not to mention they did make a gold phone out of graphite, the scanner made me proud than ever with purchases, what even made me obsessed with 5s was a flash unlike any other! What competitors are doing is following catching up! Look in the keynotes on what it does with cpu and gpu! What other phone is advanced like it! I do though agree galashit is the same toy just getting sligtly bigger but when apple makes things, their vids have reasons and describe what their devices can do and be used for and how it changes their game!

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Uberdank! - July 30, 2013 at 6:28pm

Baahhaha!! He threw it under to couch to stop the burning--FAIL A one cup of water would have saved an entire apartment.

Kakalopez - July 30, 2013 at 4:23pm

That is why iPhone is better! Less risks!

Ben - July 30, 2013 at 2:05pm

I guess Apple's not the only one getting burned by Samsung now…

xol - July 30, 2013 at 5:49am

lol, the iSheep got jokes.. funny guy.. I like the iShit better too, and crApple, its small and it stinks like old left over shit.

Kronos - July 30, 2013 at 5:44am

Ehh I don't think you're as that correctly. iClarified was saying that the fire was not caused by unauthorized parts or service since everything associated with that device was a genuine, oem part.

xol - July 30, 2013 at 5:50am

yeah if it was an iShit that did that, there would of been some kind of after market modification that was done to it, because u know, its crApple, and that shit dont burn...

gamerscul9870 - December 11, 2013 at 9:38pm

As if an iTroll is smart enough to know an accident null xol!

Parkado - July 30, 2013 at 4:40am

Nice way to add fuel to the fire.

UnionisedMerchant - July 30, 2013 at 4:41am

I see what you did there.

Consumer - July 30, 2013 at 4:28am

And all of this happens only in china!!

4c64dce - July 30, 2013 at 4:28am

that's what it happens when u buy cheap, crap shitttt phones such as Samsucks

Nuck Chorris - July 30, 2013 at 5:04am

Is it better when someone in China is shocked and killed by an iphone?

Simon - July 30, 2013 at 5:13am

That only happened because of a cheap 3rd party made charger. You didn't get the memo?

Apple certified 9yrs - July 30, 2013 at 4:23am

Bad Sammy

Hhhmmm - July 30, 2013 at 4:01am

Wow...that sucks.

Randy - July 30, 2013 at 4:00am

Like seriously, what the hell do people do with their phones that make them want to get revenge on their owners.