{"id":314309,"date":"2017-04-27T06:22:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=314309"},"modified":"2017-04-27T06:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:22:53","slug":"fitbit-investigates-report-of-exploding-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/fitbit-investigates-report-of-exploding-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit investigates report of ‘exploding’ tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fitbit has said it is investigating a report from a Wisconsin woman who said she suffered second-degree burns when her fitness tracker caught fire.<\/p>\n
Dina Mitchell told ABC News that the Flex 2 began to combust on her wrist while she was reading a book.<\/p>\n
“It burned the heck out of my arm,” she said.<\/p>\n
Fitbit has said it is “extremely concerned” and is now looking into the issue, though it sees “no reason” for people to stop wearing the Flex 2.<\/p>\n
Ms Mitchell said she quickly removed the tracker from her arm and threw it on the floor.<\/p>\n
A doctor had to take small pieces of plastic and rubber out of the wound following the incident, she claimed.<\/p>\n
“We are not aware of any other complaints of this nature and see no reason for people to stop wearing their Flex 2,” Fitbit said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“We will share additional information as we are able.”<\/p>\n
The batteries in many electronic devices are sometimes susceptible to overheating and have been known to catch fire or explode in other cases.<\/p>\n
Last year, Samsung had to recall its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after the handsets were found to be prone to combusting.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fitbit has said it is investigating a report from a Wisconsin woman who said she suffered second-degree burns when her fitness tracker caught fire. Dina Mitchell told ABC News that the Flex 2 began to combust on her wrist while she was reading a book. “It burned the heck out of my arm,” she said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[6602],"yoast_head":"\n