iPhone 7 being investigated after surfer claims it set his car on fire

Australian man says the iPhone 'melted' and destroyed his car while he was on the beach, as lithium-ion batteries under scrutiny amid major Samsung recall

Apple is investigating a report from an Australian man who claimed his iPhone 7 caught fire and destroyed his car, the company said on Friday.

Surfer Mat Jones told Channel 7 News that he had gone into water off a New South Wales beach and left his new iPhone 7, bought last week, wrapped in a pair of trousers in his car on the beach.