iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket

Battery on 2-year-old device may have burst into flames
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 6, 2007 2:38 PM CDT
iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket
A file photo shows Apple Computers Inc. iPod Nano on display in front of a giant Apple poster during in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005. The recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions emerge over...   (Associated Press)

Apple may have another fire to put out—literally. Danny Williams says he was at work in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport when his 2-year-old iPod Nano caught fire in his pocket. “If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist,” he told PC World, though he has no witnesses to back up the story.

Apple has yet to comment on the report, but it did send Williams a packet to return the device. iPods operate on lithium-ion batteries, which have been recalled in the past for catching fire in laptops. Williams wasn’t injured by the fire, shielded he believes by a glossy piece of paper he had in his pocket. (More Apple stories.)

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