Thursday 25 September 2014

iphone Battery Charger Causes 400,000 Baht of Damage in Fire at Chonburi House

Words of warning to all those not so smart people who buy fake products for their smart phones.

Chonburi fire brigade and rescue units were called out  to tackle a serious house fire. At the home in a town house they were confronted with a blaze engulfing the second floor of the premises. It took firefighters over an hour to bring the blaze under control and douse the flames.

The home was gutted and so was was the owner Khun Supaporn aged 21 who explained to investigators that she had plugged in a battery charger she had purchased recently, a fake battery charger that is for her iPhone.

She was taking care of her young daughter in another room when she heard a loud explosion and went to the bedroom to find the charger and the surrounding area engulfed in flames.

Now she rues the day she bought a fake battery charger for a few hundred Baht that has caused around 400,000 Baht's worth of damage to her home.