RIMBEY, Alta. — An Alberta teenager was badly burned after his charging cellphone caught fire while he was sleeping.

Carol Schultz said her 16-year-old son, Josh, was asleep in his basement bedroom of their home in Rimbey, about an hour and 45 minutes south of Edmonton, when he woke up screaming earlier this week.

She said his screams alerted the rest of the family, who ran to his room and found his bed in flames.

Schultz said her son had plugged his iPhone 5S into the wall and put it on a night stand beside his bed.

She says her son suffered third-degree burns on his right leg and right hand and burns to other parts of his body.

Schultz said her son has had the cellphone for about a year and hasn't had any problems, adding the charging cord was in good shape.

"It just makes us scared to plug in our phones," said Schultz. "How many people plug their phones in before they go to bed? Everybody, so it is charged in the morning."

She said her family is still very shaken and her son does not want to sleep. The family is staying in a hotel while the house is being repaired.

The fire caused damage to the basement walls, the bed, mattress and night stand. Smoke spread throughout the entire home.

Rimbey fire chief John Weisgerber did not provide a damage estimate, but called it "minimal."

"(The cellphone) got hot enough apparently to start on fire," said Weisgerber.

Weisgerber said he has read about these incidents online but this was the first that he has responded to in Rimbey.

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On Thursday, fire crews were called to a townhouse in northeast Edmonton for a fire in a bedroom caused by an overheated cellphone.

No one was hurt and damage to the Edmonton townhouse is estimated at $150,000.