Schoolboy, 11, suffers burns after a BlackBerry phone EXPLODES!

An 11-year-old boy suffered agonising burns to his legs when a BlackBerry mobile exploded and set fire to his bed.

Kian McCreath, of Holbrooks, Coventry, woke up screaming with melted plastic stuck to his legs after his brother’s phone burst into flames in their shared bedroom.

The schoolboy's mother Sarah, 39, doused the burning duvet and mattress and put her son into the bath before he was taken to University Hospital.

Kian’s family are now demanding BlackBerry’s popular Curve 9320 mobile phone be recalled from shops.

The phone, which belonged to Kian’s brother, Mason, was bought as a present for his 13th birthday a
fortnight earlier.

Ms McCreath said she had placed the phone on Kian's bed after finding it on the landing charging last Sunday.

'It was about 2.30am and I couldn’t sleep so I came downstairs,' she said. 'As I left my room and noticed Mason’s phone on charge on the landing.

'I know the phone has an alarm he uses, so I unplugged it and plonked it on Kian’s bed.
'My main concern now is the safety of other kids.'

Ms McCreath, an admin assistant, added: 'The whole thing was absolutely terrifying. The whole of his mattress and about a third of his quilt has been burnt away.

'I keep thinking what would have happened if I had been in bed and the phone had set alight on the landing. I worry that the house could have burnt down.'

A spokesman from RIM said: 'We take claims of this nature very seriously and are investigating this matter as a priority.'

A spokeswoman for Vodaphone said the company was trying to get in touch with the McCreaths so the burned phone can be returned and examined.

See more photos of the exploded blackberry below:

Frantic: Kian's terrified mother Sarah put out the flames, lifted her son out of the bed and put him in the bath