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Kayla Ramos was sitting in her sister's room, playing with her iPhone 6, when sparks suddenly started shooting from the camera. Kayla mainly used her phone to watch YouTube videos and allowed her siblings to play with the device, she told 23 ABC News, and she had never had a problem with the phone before. But all that changed last week.
"I managed to burn myself but I threw it on the covers," said the 11-year-old from Bakersfield, California. said the TV channel. The phone burned several holes in the covers but did not cause more damage.
Kayla's mother, Maria Adata, was grateful that her daughter escaped relatively unscathed.
"It could have been my child," Adata told ABC News. "My child could have been caught in the fire and could have been more hurt and I'm glad she's okay."
Adata said at the point of sale that she had contacted Apple the next day and sent photos of the damaged, internally deformed and charred phone. She added that the company had asked her to return the phone and promised her a replacement.
Apple said it was in touch with Kayla's family and look into the matter.
Meanwhile, Kayla enjoys the time away from her screen while she is waiting for the arrival of a new phone.
"It's not that bad," Kayla told ABC News. "I spend more time with my sisters, I spend more time with my family."
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