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지난 31일 미국 메인주 케너벙크(Kennebunk)의 한 여중생의 호주머니에 넣어둔 아이폰이 폭발해 화상을 입은 것으로 전해졌다.
사고 당시 A양(14)은 31일 교실에서 불어수업을 준비하며 앉아있던 중, 주머니 안의 아이폰에서 ‘펑’하는 폭발음을 들은 것으로 알려졌다.
학부모 주디 밀리건(Judy Milligan)은 딸 A양이 2도 화상으로 인근 병원에서 치료를 받았다고 말했다.
메인주(州)의 지역 신문인 포틀랜드 프레스 헤럴드에 다르면 화재가 발생한 제품은 애플사의 아이폰 5C인 것으로 밝혀졌다.
케너벙크 소재의 중학교 교장인 제프 로드먼(Jeff Rodman)은 “그 학생 주변에서 갑자기 연기가 났다”며 “겁에 질려서 뭔가 잘 못됐다는 사실을 발견한 그 학생은 휴대폰 때문에 바지에 불이 붙은 것을 알아챘다.”
A양은 침착하게 아이폰을 바닥으로 떨어뜨리고 화상을 줄여보려 했지만 바지에 붙은 불은 쉽사리 꺼지지 않았고 허벅지와 등에 화상을 남겼다.
애플 제품 수리업체 테크포트의 앤드류 로젠스테인(Andrew Rosenstein)은 장기 사용으로 인해 부풀어 오른 배터리 수리를 의뢰받은 적은 있지만 새 제품은 이 같은 화재가 발생한 사건은 처음이라고 말했다.
로젠스테인은 “아이폰에는 리튬-이온 충전 배터리가 장착되어있다. 이 배터리가 충전될 때 화학반응으로 인해 열이 발생된다”며 “굉장히 드문 경우이긴 하지만 모든 배터리가 극단적인 상황에서 폭발할 수 있는 화학적 조성을 가지고 있다”고 설명했다.
정확한 사고 경위는 아직 밝혀지지 않은 것으로 알려졌다.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
사고 당시 A양(14)은 31일 교실에서 불어수업을 준비하며 앉아있던 중, 주머니 안의 아이폰에서 ‘펑’하는 폭발음을 들은 것으로 알려졌다.
학부모 주디 밀리건(Judy Milligan)은 딸 A양이 2도 화상으로 인근 병원에서 치료를 받았다고 말했다.
메인주(州)의 지역 신문인 포틀랜드 프레스 헤럴드에 다르면 화재가 발생한 제품은 애플사의 아이폰 5C인 것으로 밝혀졌다.
케너벙크 소재의 중학교 교장인 제프 로드먼(Jeff Rodman)은 “그 학생 주변에서 갑자기 연기가 났다”며 “겁에 질려서 뭔가 잘 못됐다는 사실을 발견한 그 학생은 휴대폰 때문에 바지에 불이 붙은 것을 알아챘다.”
A양은 침착하게 아이폰을 바닥으로 떨어뜨리고 화상을 줄여보려 했지만 바지에 붙은 불은 쉽사리 꺼지지 않았고 허벅지와 등에 화상을 남겼다.
애플 제품 수리업체 테크포트의 앤드류 로젠스테인(Andrew Rosenstein)은 장기 사용으로 인해 부풀어 오른 배터리 수리를 의뢰받은 적은 있지만 새 제품은 이 같은 화재가 발생한 사건은 처음이라고 말했다.
로젠스테인은 “아이폰에는 리튬-이온 충전 배터리가 장착되어있다. 이 배터리가 충전될 때 화학반응으로 인해 열이 발생된다”며 “굉장히 드문 경우이긴 하지만 모든 배터리가 극단적인 상황에서 폭발할 수 있는 화학적 조성을 가지고 있다”고 설명했다.
정확한 사고 경위는 아직 밝혀지지 않은 것으로 알려졌다.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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U.S. student injured after iPhone in pants catches fire
A U.S. middle school student was burned when her smartphone, stashed in her pants pocket, caught fire as she sat down in a classroom, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The incident occurred Friday morning at Middle School of the Kennebunks in Maine while the 14-year-old student was preparing for a French class.
The newspaper reported that the smartphone in the girl’s pocket was Apple‘s iPhone 5C and it caused second-degree burns on her thigh and back.
Judy Milligan, the girl’s mother, said the student was treated for burns at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford.
“Immediately, smoke starts billowing from around the student,” Jeff Rodman, the principal, said. “She knew right away something was wrong and, in a panic, knew her pants were on fire caused by the cellphone.”
The girl had the presence of mind to “stop, drop and roll,” causing the phone to fall out of her pocket and reducing her own injuries. But her pants were still burning.
Rodman said girls in the class helped the student get her pants off in a corner while getting the boys out of the room.
Andrew Rosenstein, owner of TechPort in Portland, which repairs Apple products, told media that customers have brought in batteries that were swollen and at risk of malfunction after extended use, but not from a phone that was almost new.
"There’s basically a lithium-ion type rechargeable battery built in (to an iPhone). The battery, as it charges and discharges, it’s really a chemical reaction that can generate heat,” Rosenstein said. “It’s very rare there can be an issue, but any battery is just a chemical composition that can be flammable in extreme circumstances.”
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
U.S. student injured after iPhone in pants catches fire
A U.S. middle school student was burned when her smartphone, stashed in her pants pocket, caught fire as she sat down in a classroom, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The incident occurred Friday morning at Middle School of the Kennebunks in Maine while the 14-year-old student was preparing for a French class.
The newspaper reported that the smartphone in the girl’s pocket was Apple‘s iPhone 5C and it caused second-degree burns on her thigh and back.
Judy Milligan, the girl’s mother, said the student was treated for burns at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford.
“Immediately, smoke starts billowing from around the student,” Jeff Rodman, the principal, said. “She knew right away something was wrong and, in a panic, knew her pants were on fire caused by the cellphone.”
The girl had the presence of mind to “stop, drop and roll,” causing the phone to fall out of her pocket and reducing her own injuries. But her pants were still burning.
Rodman said girls in the class helped the student get her pants off in a corner while getting the boys out of the room.
Andrew Rosenstein, owner of TechPort in Portland, which repairs Apple products, told media that customers have brought in batteries that were swollen and at risk of malfunction after extended use, but not from a phone that was almost new.
"There’s basically a lithium-ion type rechargeable battery built in (to an iPhone). The battery, as it charges and discharges, it’s really a chemical reaction that can generate heat,” Rosenstein said. “It’s very rare there can be an issue, but any battery is just a chemical composition that can be flammable in extreme circumstances.”
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
