Father finds son's bed 'set on fire' by phone charger

A father from Birmingham says a fire alarm saved his life after his mobile phone reportedly set fire to his son’s bed while it was charging.

Sean Hughes returned from working a night shift at Jaguar Land Rover in Castle Bromwich and placed his Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge phone on his son's bed to charge.

He went to bed in his own room at 6.45am – but at 9am he was awoken by the smoke alarm. When he went into his son’s room, he says he found the phone charger on fire and the bed smouldering.

Burn marks can be seen on the bed linen after the incident.

34-year-old Sean from Severne Road in Acocks Green, says he has since contacted Samsung, and says they told him the phone was not to blame and that it must have been an ‘outside heat source’.

Two months ago, the firm suspended all production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, halted sales worldwide and told customers to stop using the device.

It is currently preparing to bring out the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S8 in 2017.

In response, Samsung said: