Birmingham student damaged after using a faulty charger. This is reported by the issue of Daily Mail.
According to 19-year-old Esther Modede, she spent its wire for charging the iPhone to a friend. When he returned the accessory, the girl noticed a small hole on the cable, but did not give it much importance. At the time of connecting the wire to the Modest adapter, I saw that smoke rises from the hole, and then a small explosion rang out. Since she brought the charger too close to himself, because of the unexpected fire, her eye was damaged.
The doctors who inspected the patient said that the spark was thrown out of the wire, apparently damaged her eyes. Modest for a while lost sight and was forced to wear a special dressing for three days. After removing the bandage, the vision was not restored, however, doctors noticed that the improvement of her condition would leave for some time.
“I did not think about possible consequences, so I connected my phone to charging, and the wire began to burn,” said the victim. According to Apple’s information, use accessories for charging with visible damage strictly not recommended.
At the end of March, the Law Company De Luca Levine from Pennsylvania filed on Apple to the court due to the iPad, which caused a fire in the house of the local resident. The plaintiff was not affected by which the compensation was paid in the amount of 142 thousand dollars, and the insurance company.