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Check this out: the #iphone that caught fire in a #Kennebunk middle schooler's pants (Ctsy: Kbunk FD) pic.twitter.com/Yi7YS7WMtl
— A. Elias (@ProducerElias) January 31, 2014
The girl’s teachers were able to pat her down with a blanket and she was quickly transported to Southern Maine Health Care Center, where she received treatment before being released.
“I commend the students, I commend our staff, and the Kennebunk first responders for their immediate response and for the way it was handled," Rodman said. "It was just a strange thing. A great response by everybody involved.”
EMS Division Chief Andrew Palmeri said the phone's battery “shorted out” and it ended up being visibly “burnt.”
“People should obviously use caution when placing their phones in their back pockets so as not to crush them and cause an electrical short,” Palmeri said.
[Seacoast Online]