Samsung ’s Galaxy Note 7 phones have had a busy couple of weeks . They ’re exploding all over the shoes , and as a result , the company has been forced to issue a massive recall and break off shipments of new sound . Oh , and now the light - happy gadget apparently typeset some hapless guy ’s Jeep ablaze .

According to a account fromFOX 13 News , St. Petersburg , Florida resident Nathan Dornacher and his family had just returned home from a yard cut-rate sale on Labor Day when the flame started . Dornacher allow for his Note 7 in the gondola to charge while he bring a desk within , but when he told his his 8 - year - old daughter and family dog to get back in the railroad car , he realized something was , uh , not quite ripe .

fireman were able to check the fire , but it was too late for Dornacher ’s Jeep , which was add together , according to FOX 13 .

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On Facebook , Dornacherpostedhis own chronicle of the incident , as well as a number of photograph document the damage :

Not the barbeque I wanted on my Clarence Shepard Day Jr. off . We go to a service department sale to grab a desk for Bonnie get back to the mansion unload the automobile leave it running AC on to keep the automobile cool we were planning on grabbing the click and Bonnie and heading to Petco , I lead back out to the car to snap up my phone which was on the charger ( me and Lydia always fight over the house charger ) go to reach the door and see flames inside … reach the door and it ’s engulfed run within to get extinguisher and of course of study not to be found yell at Lydia to call Fire Department and well here is the closing result … .

Samsung told FOX 13 that it was “ aware of the incident , ” and that it was “ figure out with Mr. Dornacher to investigate his pillowcase and ensure we do everything we can for him . ”

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On Facebook , Dornachernotedthat while he was n’t positive yet the phone make the fervor , “ all signs are pointing that way . ” He also complained that Samsung had n’t been much help , writing in a input on September 6 , “ Samsung has blown me off after over a 60 minutes on the phone this morning . Never called back as predict . Guess it is time to get a lawyer . You had your prospect . ”

Meanwhile , in Australia , a Note 7 explosioncaused $ 1,400 worth of damageto a hotel room , and the Federal Aviation Administration told Gizmodo this week that it’smulling a banon the smartphones .

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