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A 12-year-old child from Farmington Hills in Detroit, MI, (USA) has been injured by a PSP he was carrying in his pants pocket. Apparently the device overheated causing serious burns to the child’s leg after burning through two layers of clothing.

Sheilah Clay told WDIV-TV that her son Harold was at school when suddenly he felt his PSP started heating up. The PSP kept getting hotter to the point where it burned through his…

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A young boy was hospitalized early Monday morning in Nashville, TN, to treat burn wounds that were allegedly caused by video games.

According to the Nashville fire department, 6-year-old KeKee Whitlow claimed he was playing his Nintendo Gamecube when the console suddenly caught fire. The fire, after spreading to his clothing, resulted in burns all across Whitlow’s neck, chest, stomach, and parts of his legs. After the burning clothing had been removed from Whitlow’s body, his mother ran to an apartment two buildings away to call for help. Paramedics rushed young Whitlow from his Delway Villa apartment to the medical facilities at Vanderbilt, where Whitlow relayed the tragic story to his grandmother, Vickie Southern.

Whitlow’s Nintendo Gamecube and a small television were taken into evidence by fire and police investigators. Although Whitlow said that the plug had caught fire while he was playing, investigation showed that the young first grader had been toying with a lighter, which investigators confirmed to have caused the fire.

Second degree burns now cover 20 percent of Whitlow’s body and doctors say that he may need skin grafts during his two-to-three week stay at Vanderbilt, but Whitlow’s family is trying its best to keep in high spirits despite the awful circumstances. Southern said that the family intends to cook its Thanksgiving dinner and have it at Vanderbilt so that Whitlow can enjoy the holiday with his family.

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Remember those Xbox power cord recalls back in February 2005? Another lawsuit was filed in May 2007 concerning a fire caused by a hot Xbox.

According to the Herald-Whig, Wal-Mart and Microsoft is being sued by the estate of an infant who died in a house fire in December 2004, allegedly caused by an overheated Xbox.

The suit, filed by Jennifer Kline of Keokuk, IO, seeks unspecified damages and mentions a…

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