Oklahoma woman’s Jeep catches fire after a replacement phone battery she bought off Amazon EXPLODES inside her hot car
- Jabricia Pratt left her iPhone inside her Jeep Cherokee last month
- The summer heat caused the phone’s replacement battery to explode, setting the car alight
- The interior of Pratt’s new vehicle has now been completely burned out
- The Oklahoma mom says she bought the replacement phone battery off Amazon
- The online retailer say they are not responsible for the faulty product as it was sold by a third-party company on their website
An Oklahoma city woman says she’s lucky to be alive after the interior of her car was set on fire by a faulty phone battery.
Jabricia Pratt left her iPhone inside her 2019 model Jeep Cherokee late last month while she was at work in Oklahoma City, before the summer heat caused the battery to explode.
Thankfully there were no occupants inside the vehicle at the time.
Pratt told local news networks that she bought the replacement iPhone battery on Amazon through a third-party seller.
Fire crews arrived on the scene within minutes, and doused the black Jeep with water.
Jabricia Pratt’s 2019 Jeep Cherokee sustained serious damage after a replacement iPhone battery exploded inside the vehicle
The interior of the four wheel drive has now been completely destroyed, with fire crews believing the battery melted into a leather seat
They believe the battery melted into the car’s leather seat before it blew up.
The interior of the four wheel drive has now been completely destroyed, with Pratt telling News 4: ‘My car had literally burned up’.
Investigators say it’s lucky that Pratt had the windows of the vehicle wound up, as oxygen that could have been coming in would have made the explosion far worse.
‘I could’ve been in the car,’ Pratt stated.
‘My kids could’ve been in the car!’
Pratt said she gave no second thought to buying the phone battery from Amazon – which is the US’s largest online retailer.
The battery was sold from company LeeVee via the website.
Amazon say they’re not responsible for any faults with the product because LeeVee is a third-party company.
Investigators say it’s lucky that Pratt had the windows of the vehicle wound up, as oxygen that could have been coming in would have made the explosion far worse
Pratt (pictured) says it’s lucky that she or her children weren’t inside the car at the time