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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Zac Sherratt & Charlie Duffield

Devastating housefire started by phone charging in bed as firefighters issue warning

Firefighters put out a fresh warning against charging your phone in bed, after a fire started in a home in Tyneside.

Last week a 999 call was made and fire crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) appeared in response to the blaze.

In the two-storey home in Whitley Bay, a fire broke out in a first-floor bedroom, which was later found to have been started by a charger that had been discarded on a bed, prompting it to overheat and ignite, Chronicle Live reports.

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