The phone for which people stood in line all night burned fiercely in the citizen's pocket.

22.09.2025 15:01

A citizen living in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul experienced a shocking incident when his iPhone 14 Pro Max, which he had purchased for thousands of lira, suddenly caught fire. Batuhan Sürmeli, taken by surprise, suffered minor burns on his leg. The moments were captured on camera.

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Batuhan Sürmeli, who works in the car audio and visual systems business in Ümraniye, suddenly had his iPhone 14 Pro Max model phone in his pocket catch fire while he was working. Upon the phone catching fire, Sürmeli panicked and threw the device to the ground. While Sürmeli suffered a minor burn on his leg, the phone, valued at approximately 80 thousand lira, which was believed to have caught fire from the battery section, turned into a fireball and was reduced to ashes. The incident was captured on security cameras.

"The phone in my pocket suddenly caught fire"

"THE PHONE IN MY POCKET SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE"

Sürmeli stated that his phone suddenly caught fire in his pocket, saying, "I work in sound, and while I was opening my friend's car door and bending down, the phone in my pocket suddenly started to catch fire. It happened out of nowhere. When the phone started burning in my pocket, I immediately took it out and threw it to the ground. There are also camera recordings of the incident. I still have the phone, the battery section is completely burnt. It caught fire directly from the battery, there was a lot of thick white smoke, and a very bad smell spread" he said.

HE BOUGHT IT FOR THOUSANDS OF LIRA, IT TURNED TO ASHES

Sürmeli mentioned that he bought the phone about a year and a half ago for approximately 80 thousand lira, saying, "Since it was in my pocket, I got a burn on my leg. The incident just happened, I wrote to the authorized service but haven't received a response yet. There is no compensation for this situation. We pay money for the phone, but this is what we experience. We want a replacement or compensation for material and moral damages. I bought this phone for around 80 thousand lira about a year and a half ago," he said.