PICS: Phone charger causes extensive damage to Dublin house

An overheated phone charger sparked a blaze in a Dublin house yesterday.

The Dublin Fire Brigade was called to a house in Castleknock Grange - at around 11.20am yesterday morning - to deal with a fire caused by the charger.

The Fire Brigade also confirmed that fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

It'll never happen to me! Well it did this morning in west Dublin, fire caused by phone charger over heating. Beware pic.twitter.com/dU813mgqZL

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) February 22, 2015

It is unclear what type of charger caused the fire, however the Dublin Fire Brigade were quick to warn the public about the dangers of leaving items plugged in unnecessarily.

@VonBarracuda Hi Barry, unsure of origin or if it's micro USB, 30 pin or lightning. plug in air fresheners have to be treated carefully too

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) February 22, 2015