A student’s Samsung phone caught on fire during class at Staley High School Thursday morning.
No one was injured and the class was relocated to the library, said Principal Clark Mershon in an email sent out to parents.
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A fan was put in the classroom to clear the smoke and smell. The school said as of late afternoon on Thursday, that the air is clear and they will reopen the room and clean as needed.
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The Clay County Sheriff tweeted out a photo of the phone. In the tweet they said, “Staley High School staff did a great job of keeping everyone safe when it caught fire.”
This phone has seen better days! @SHSFalcons staff did a great job keeping everyone safe when it caught fire! pic.twitter.com/UhoDVZ2Sst
— Clay County Sheriff (@SheriffClayCo) November 17, 2016
Tyler Herndon owns Set Cell, a cellphone store in Westport. Several customers have come in recently with overheated Samsung phones.
"I can see this becoming a real issue,” Herndon said. “It looks like it's a design flaw on a mass scale that we have never seen before."
Herndon has some advice.
“Recognizing the problem is key,” he said. “The first telltale sign is that your battery goes from lasting about 8 hours or a work day, to lasting about 2 hours."
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