Charging iPhone bursts into flames on US family’s counter as they slept, video shows

Leisgang shared video of the fire on Facebook, saying it happened after he and his family went to sleep on Sunday, Jan 8. The phone was an iPhone 4, which Leisgang said is used by his children, according to WCPO. — Image by InspiredImages from Pixabay

A family was sleeping in their Cincinnati, Ohio, home when an iPhone charging on the kitchen counter suddenly caught fire, video shows.

But the Leisgang family was unaware of the fire until the next morning, when they saw black soot and fragments of the phone along the counter, WCPO reported.