Netherlands: Massive dune fire under control

The large heath fire in the dune region near Schoorl, north-west of Amsterdam was brought under control, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Some 160 fire officers and helicopters were involved in tackling the blaze, and will remain on duty dousing the flames on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, two men aged 19 and 20 who were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the fire have been released from police custody.

For more: DutchNews.nl - Massive dune fire under control

iPodNN: The Netherlands: iPhone 3G catches fire, burns car seat

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The Netherlands: iPhone 3G catches fire, burns car seat

Pieter, the owner of the iPhone , a man living in the Dutch city of Leiden, reportedly returned to his car after leaving it unattended for a few minutes and discovered that his iPhone had caught on fire and completely destroyed his passenger’s seat. When he left the iPhone it was sitting inside a Belkin hard-case where it had gone into standby mode and was not connected to a car charger. After the incident occurred Pieter contacted both Apple, and the exclusive iPhone carrier in the Netherlands T-Mobile, but both companies have refused to take responsibility over the device catching fire.

This is only one of the many times an Apple mobile device has been reported to have caught on fire. After an incident in November 2008 that resulted in a burn caused by an iPod shuffle, a company by the name of KIRO 7 began an investigation which discovered over 800 pages covering 15 different fires spanning from 2005 to 2008. In those cases Apple seemed to take the same approach by allegedly feigning ignorance when contacted by customers.