Xiaomi‘s Redmi Note 9 Pro was part of the Redmi Note 9 series released last year. The phone was a cool model with several positive reviews from buyers. But one buyer in India recently had a sour experience with his Redmi Note 9 Pro which reportedly went up in flame while in use.

According to the report carried by India Today, the incident was reported by the user’s sister via the Twitter handle @PriyankaPavra. She disclosed via the tweet which has now been deleted, that her brother’s phone caught fire on April 28. The phone was purchased in December last year making it barely four months old and from the picture, it is a  Redmi Note 9 Pro. The brother then had to extinguish the fire by throwing water on the phone. Thankfully, no one was hurt during the incident.

Even though the post has been deleted, perhaps after Xiaomi India’s customer service reached out to her, images of the charred unit which she shared and the screenshot of her tweet can be seen above.

In response to an inquiry by India Today, Xiaomi disclosed that investigation is already underway and preliminary examination suggests that the damage may have resulted from an external force. This may be the last we’ll hear about this case, though.

This report comes barely two weeks after a POCO X3 unit was reported to have gone up in flames. Also, there have been several similar reports in the past concerning Xiaomi models and those of other manufacturers. The culprit is usually the battery and the most prominent of such stories is that of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 which Samsung had to discontinue.

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