Aussie iPod explodes
2005-05-14 06:54:33
N AUSTRALIAN kid got the fright of his life when his reassuringly expensive, and jolly nice to look at iPod exploded, filled his lungs with toxic chemicals and burnt a hole in his bed.Firefighters had to be called to the teen’s Melbourne home and the kid had to be carted off suffering from breathing difficulties after breathing in toxic fumes.
However, there were some additional circumstances, which will probably save Apple from having to do the biggest product recall in history. The kid left the iPod in his jeans, which were lovingly washed by his mum in an iwashing machine. When the ijeans were pulled out of the machine, it surprisingly didn’t play anymore, so he tried to fix it with a screwdriver.
Apparently the iPod exploded and chucked out an awful lot of toxic smoke. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Metropolitan Ambulance spokeswoman Lirije Memishi said it was unclear what the teenager had breathed in.