Massachusetts teen injured after phone charger explodes, sparks house fire [Video]

A 16-year-old girl from Topsfield, Massachusetts, is recovering from minor burns after a portable phone charger exploded, igniting a fire at her friend’s house on Saturday. Audra Cataldo was watching a movie with friends when her phone, which was magnetically attached to a portable charger, suddenly caught fire.”I looked down—my whole arm was covered in flame,” Cataldo said. “It hurt.”The flames scorched her sweatshirt and left small burns on her arm. A loud sizzling noise followed, and the back of the phone blew up. Thick black smoke filled the room, causing a panic among the teens.”We were afraid the house would go down too,” Cataldo said.Johannes Booy, the father of Cataldo’s friend, said the situation could have been far worse. “If they were asleep in bed, it would have been catastrophic,” he said. “They wouldn’t have had time to get out.”The fire started in a bedroom where the teens were …