Charger catching on fire?

I tried plugging my charger into its usual outlet yesterday and it caught fire. Has this happened to anyone else? What should I do? (obviously the charger no longer works...).

Yeah, it caught fire caught fire. It singed the wall and burned/melted part of the carpet (I never knew carpet could melt. How exactly do I call them? I tried finding a phone number but i spent half an hour searching the site and only found one. When I called it, the lady I got sounded surprised and put me through to "tech support". The 10 minute wait time quoted to me turned into 15 and then 20. I had guests over so I hung up. Is there another number I should try.

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