GoKawiilTL;DR A Canadian user claims their Galaxy S25 FE exploded while charging overnight, causing minor burns to the user, traumatizing their son, and resulting in property and smoke damage.
The phone was charging via a third-party 20W charger while enclosed in a thick leather wallet case that contained coins, which may have trapped heat.
This is the third fire incident report this year for Samsung Galaxy S series phones. Previous reports were for the Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S24.
Earlier this year, we spotted an incident of a Galaxy S25 Plus exploding while charging. Months later, another user claimed their Galaxy S24 caught fire in their hand during regular use. Now, another Reddit user has come forward to claim that their Galaxy S25 FE has exploded while charging overnight.
According to the user, their Galaxy S25 FE was charging overnight, using the in-box cable and a third-party 20W USB-PD charger (as Samsung doesn’t include a charger in the box). The phone was kept on the mattress where the user and their son were sleeping, but it wasn’t under a pillow.
The user woke up to popping sounds, with metal and plastic shrapnel flying everywhere like fireworks from the phone. While the fire department put the smoke out and handled the phone, the user claimed they got their hair singed and suffered a small burn on their neck, while their son is traumatized from the incident. There is smoke and property damage in the room, along with a persistent odor.
The user is based in Canada, and the phone is said to have been purchased new from Virgin about six months ago. The user is still paying monthly installments for the phone. They also admit that the phone was kept in a leather wallet case and that the case contained coins. While this may have contributed to the thermal runaway event, phones have plenty of built-in safety measures that should have stopped the overheating before it became a problem.
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The user has contacted Samsung support and received a ticket number, but hasn’t heard anything back from the company.
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