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This Dublin house had a lucky escape after a phone charger went up in flames

Nobody was injured in the blaze.

A PHONE CHARGER unit caused a fire in a Dublin house today when it overheated.

The Dublin Fire Brigade were called to the bedroom in Castleknock Grange at 11:20 this morning.

The household had a lucky escape as no one was injured in the blaze.

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

Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter

The Dublin Fire Brigade said this was not a once off and warned people not to leave phone charges or other devices plugged in.

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