Spontaneous Combustion

A little while ago, i had my iPod plugged into my computer, wasn't listening to music or anything, but it was charging. I was gonna go grab some food, then I noticed, in the corner of my eye, a little orange glow. Looking down, there was a small flame randomly on my USB cable. It was small enough for me to blow it out and the cable smoked for a moment before my iPod disconnected and the cable stopped working. If I wasn't I the room it could have set more stuff on fire.
Now, my warranty may be up, but an Apple product spontaneously combusted and could have caused some major damages and I thought maybe that was worth something.