After the scandal of used batteries, the iPhone is again in the spotlight in a scandal in Canada, where an iPhone 6 unit is blamed for setting fire to a family's house, a year ago. According to some unofficial statements by the firemen, the fire that burned the family's house would have started from a 6-month-old iPhone 3, which was charging at the time of the fire.
Officially, the cause of the fire has not been determined, but based on the first unofficial statements, the affected family is demanding damages of 600.000 dollars from Apple for the uninsured goods. Firefighters found the source of the fire in a charred iPhone 6, which Apple wants to investigate to see if it is really the source of the fire and if the charging was done with an original accessory.
The family received 600.000 dollars from the insurers for the burnt house, but goods worth another 600.000 dollars and losses after the closure of the business, which they carried out at home, are also requested. Although 1 year has passed since the incident, the Apple company has not managed to investigate the burnt phone, and this is because the company that analyzed it for the authorities has not yet offered it to them.
"Couple are demanding Apple pay $600,000 in uninsured losses after they were forced to close their farm business following a devastating house fire that they claim was sparked by a faulty iPhone. Cathy and Ian Finley believe a three-month-old iPhone 6 left plugged into a charge cord somehow heated up and started a fire in their living room in October 2016. Fire officials who found the blackened device while investigating reported that "it would appear that the phone or charger generated enough heat to ignite" in a chair that was identified as the place the fire started."
Those from Apple do not want to pay any money until they are sure that the fire really started from the iPhone 6 phone, and the discussions could continue. the family started building another house, but they wouldn't have enough money to finish it, so now they are asking for money from Apple to complete the new house, but it is hard to say if they will ever get it.
