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So reports the Detroit Free Press
Sony PSP overheats in boy's pocket
Warner Middle School student is treated for burns from gaming system
February 6, 2008
By KORIE WILKINS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
A Warner Middle School student was taken to the hospital today with burns after a portable video game system in his pocket overheated, fire officials say.
Farmington Hills firefighters were called to the school at about 8:30 a.m. The student, who is in the seventh grade, was treated at the school for burns to his leg and then transported to a hospital for further treatment.
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Diane Bauman, spokeswoman for the school district, said the boy was in band when the device overheated. Students are permitted to bring portable game systems to school, she said, but are not permitted to play them during school hours.
Bauman declined to release the boy’s name but said it does not appear that his injuries are severe. No one else was injured, she said. The boy did not return to school.
Shortly after the incident, Bauman said students were kept in their classrooms to keep the hallways clear for emergency personnel.
Fire investigators are working to find out what caused the Sony PSP to overheat. A note on Sony’s Web site urges owners of the PSP to use only genuine PSP battery packs and charging devices “that meet our quality standards to avoid hazards such as firing or explosion. Using batteries without such protective devices may cause a failure or an accident.”
Calls to Sony were not immediately returned.
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So reports the Detroit Free Press
Sony PSP overheats in boy's pocket
Warner Middle School student is treated for burns from gaming system
February 6, 2008
By KORIE WILKINS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
A Warner Middle School student was taken to the hospital today with burns after a portable video game system in his pocket overheated, fire officials say.
Farmington Hills firefighters were called to the school at about 8:30 a.m. The student, who is in the seventh grade, was treated at the school for burns to his leg and then transported to a hospital for further treatment.
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Diane Bauman, spokeswoman for the school district, said the boy was in band when the device overheated. Students are permitted to bring portable game systems to school, she said, but are not permitted to play them during school hours.
Bauman declined to release the boy’s name but said it does not appear that his injuries are severe. No one else was injured, she said. The boy did not return to school.
Shortly after the incident, Bauman said students were kept in their classrooms to keep the hallways clear for emergency personnel.
Fire investigators are working to find out what caused the Sony PSP to overheat. A note on Sony’s Web site urges owners of the PSP to use only genuine PSP battery packs and charging devices “that meet our quality standards to avoid hazards such as firing or explosion. Using batteries without such protective devices may cause a failure or an accident.”
Calls to Sony were not immediately returned.
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