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Ashtyn Pitts was sleeping in his family’s Jena, La., home with his tablet charging on his bed near his head on Oct. 12 when his metal necklace got entangled in the cord and a fire sparked

"The only way I know how to explain it is that it was a freak accident," his mom, Lauren Morrow, told NBC affiliate WDSU

"It was like this loud bang, and then I woke up, and then I started shaking, and I was screaming 'Help,' " Ashtyn said

Earlier this month, a 9-year-old boy woke up in the middle of the night to his tablet charger somehow on fire around his neck, his family says.

Ashtyn Pitts was sleeping in his family’s Jena, La., home with his tablet charging on his bed near his head on Oct. 12, mom Lauren Morrow tells PEOPLE, when around 5 a.m., his metal necklace got entangled in th

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