PHOTOS: Cell phone overheats, catches fire under pillow

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
(NYPD / Twitter: @NYPD33Pct)
NYPD / Twitter: @NYPD33Pct

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- You may want to rethink using your cell phone in bed!

New photos posted to social media by the NYPD's 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights show the aftermath of a cell phone overheating and catching fire.

The phone was apparently under someone's pillow while they were asleep.

It is unclear where and when the incident happened.

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