An Australian family are reeling after an iPad overheated while charging, sparking a house fire that destroyed their home near Perth.
Emergency services were called to the Jarrahdale Road property just after 1pm on Thursday.
Homeowners Jarrod and Java King told 9News they left the tablet on their bedside table top charge for a few hours on Thursday morning.
It then overheated, which set fire to the bed and quickly spread through their home in the south-east of Perth.
"It all seemed to go pretty quickly, it was sort of within about half an hour, everything was gone," King said.
They couple said they were only using an Apple charger, which they thought would be safe.
"Yeah, so it actually came with the iPad... it was only, say, a year old," he said.
Mark Hayes from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services discouraged people from charging devices while they weren't at home.
"Know what you've put on charge and turn it off before you leave the house."
He said leaving devices on charge in bedrooms overnight was also discouraged.
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