News.com.au reports that an Australian Vodafone retail store has been evacuated after an in-store demo iPad “exploded”. “A burst of flames” appeared from the charging port of an iPad demo model, a Vodafone spokesperson said. The firebrigade was called in after the store filled with smoke and sparks continued to appear from the charging port. Nobody was injured during the incident.

News.com.au understands an Apple representative visited the store on Wednesday to collect the device for testing to find out what caused the incident however Apple has refused to respond to News.com.au’s requests for comments.

Source [News.com.au]