By ShandiPandiDerp - 20/05/2016 12:12 - United States

Today, my phone charger caught fire. I was thankful to be there to witness it. I was not thankful for having been holding it while this happened, as my shirt caught on fire. FML
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Tripartita 44

I charge my phone next to my bed at night, but it's okay; I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

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SixthSinEnvy 39

How does that apply? There wasn't any pursuit of gains here.

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rockergal21 16

how does that even happen? I hope you're okay OP !

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riahlum 12

If the wires below plastic are exposed or over usage of a power strip would be my guess

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lexos 16

It could be a cheap charger that he bought on eBay

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Tripartita 44

I charge my phone next to my bed at night, but it's okay; I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

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aminehs 10

You can't have everything in life. You know what they say, life is a bitch

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SixthSinEnvy 39

How does that apply? There wasn't any pursuit of gains here.

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rachael_king_11 16

Not specifically this FML but can we get the you deserve it button back? I don't like the new weird "this could've happened to me" button.

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ssnow_fml 20

Sounds like a fun time. Never holding my phone charger even again

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samwilliams800 28

It's generally not advised to use your phone while charging anyways. But hope you're ok all the same.

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Nyattack 14

Really ? None of my phone's instructions on safety state that, if catching fire is the possible risk of doing it I'd have liked a warning...

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lukian_fml 29

I hope this taught you a valuable lesson to not buy generic chargers.

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ast3150 13

Don't know why this is downvoted. Genuine chargers are constructed so this can't happen, as opposed to the cheap chargers you get from China.

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Shade1982 20

There is a serious difference between 'cheap' chargers and 'generic' chargers. There are plenty of generic chargers which are perfectly fine, as long as you use the right amperage (is that the right word?).

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Evil20071 20

My phone charger used to get super hot while rapid charging. I melted one charger cable that way, and just bought a high grade cable from China that doeant even get warm. May wanna look into it, OP.

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ARetardedSeal 24

My charger cable has the wires exposed underneath the plastic layer. Now all I think about is a fire starting when I sleep with the phone charging

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