6 Year Old Latest Victim of Samsung Galaxy Note 7

By Ramon Ramiro - 13 Sep '16 12:00PM

Another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has exploded and caught on fire, this time injuring a 6 year-old boy from Brooklyn. Gizmodo reports that Kadim was watching videos on the Note 7 when it exploded.

Kadim's grandfather, John Lewis says, "He was playing with the phone because he always has the phone ... The phone started catching fire ... He threw it on the ground and ran outside ... The cops came, the fire truck came because the alarm inside went off."

"It set off alarms in my house ... He is home now.", says Linda Lewis, Kadim's grandmother. "He doesn't want to see or go near any phones." According to CBS New York, Kadim was rushed to the Downstate Medical Center with 2nd degree burns on his hands.

Samsung says they are in contact with the family. "We take every report very seriously and have contacted the Lewis family to learn more about their situation.", says a Samsung spokesman. "As we are currently looking into this case, we are unable to comment further right now."

While there have been several reported cases so far involving the Galaxy Note 7's lithium batteries exploding, this may be the first case where someone was injured. According to Cnet, Samsung issued a recall of the phones earlier this month after 35 reported incidents of the battery exploding and catching on fire.

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— CNN (@CNN) September 12, 2016

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has started working with Samsung last week to help speed up the recall process. The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a warning on Thursday, asking passengers to turn off or avoid charging the Galaxy Note 7 on planes.

Samsung published an advisory on their website on September 10, asking Galaxy Note 7 users to power down their phones and exchange it for now. They have already halted additional sales and shipments of affected devices, and urge users to replace their Galaxy Note 7s.

The U.S. Note 7 Exchange Program says users may exchange their Galaxy Note 7 for a new one (pending approval from the CPSC), or have it replaced with a Galaxy S7 or a Galaxy S7 Edge with a refund on the price difference between the devices. Users will also receive a $25 gift card and in-store credit if they participate in the Exchange Program.