Fire department warns parents to check location of children's phone charger, Fire damage in Cherry Hill NJ, Smoke damage in C

Fire department warns parents to check location of children's phone
charger, Fire damage in Cherry Hill NJ, Smoke damage in Cherry Hill NJ,

Research has revealed that 53% of children/teens charge their phone
or tablet either on their bed or under their pillow. This is can be
extremely dangerous. The heat generated cannot dissipate and the charger
will become hotter and hotter. The likely result is that the pillow/bed
will catch fire. This places the child/teen as well as everyone else in
the home in great danger. Please check where you & your family
charge your moblie devices.

Does your child charge their phone on their bed or under their
pillow? A New Hampshire fire department has posted a warning to parents
on Facebook about the fire dangers of phone chargers on beds.

Newton NH Fire Department shared a photo of a phone charger that
burned a bed sheet and blanket with the warning, "The heat generated
cannot dissipate and the charger will become hotter and hotter."

"The likely result is that the pillow/bed will catch fire," the department said on Facebook. "This places the child/teen as well as everyone else in the home in great danger."

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