The Apple retail store
located on Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland was evacuated on Tuesday following a situation with an overheated iPhone battery and its injury of a repair worker (via
Reuters and
Swissinfo.ch). Zurich police said that the incident happened as the worker was removing the battery from the iPhone, subsequently overheating and "slightly" burning his hand.
It wasn't confirmed which iPhone was the source of the incident, but afterwards smoke began building up within the store, leading to the temporary evacuation of around 50 customers and employees from the premises. In addition to the repair worker, seven other people required medical attention but none were hospitalized.
The police mentioned that Apple staff responded quickly to the overheated battery by sprinkling quartz sand over it and containing the smoke as fast as possible.
“At the same time, there was a slight build-up of smoke, which led to around 50 customers and employees having to leave the business temporarily,” a police statement said.
“The staff responded well and correctly. It sprinkled quartz sand over the overheated battery so that the smoke could be contained and sucked out after switching on the ventilation.”
According to the police statement, forensic specialists are now examining what caused the incident in the first place, so no explanation was given at the time of writing. Apple has yet to comment on the situation.
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(View all)Third party battery in Apple Store? lol
The article doesn't state that the Genius was installing the battery. For all we know, the customer got a potato installed at a mall kiosk and the brought the phone it for issues relating to/unrelated to said potato.
odd that this did not make the news :-)
It's probably one of those high quality batteries that apple started using from iPhone 6 on...
Or maybe a third party battery.
Non story!
Third party battery in Apple Store? lolOr maybe a third party battery.
It may have if by "the news" you meant a website dedicated to that brand of car.
Very likely if it happened to a ferrari, not so much if it's a Kia.:)
Third party battery in Apple Store? lol
Yes. The article said the incident occurred when the battery was being removed. It could have been a third party battery that was being replaced because it sucked hind tit. Also, the worker could have punctured the battery during the removal process. LiOn batteries really don’t like being punctured. Of course it could just be a coincidence that it started burning at the exact same time it was being removed.[ Read All Comments ]