The Apple iPad Mini, left, and iPad Air are displayed in October at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Noah Berger | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Apple iPad demo model exploded on

Wednesday in a Vodafone store in Canberra, Australia, pushing customers to evacuate, the Australian website News.com.au reported. "A burst of flames" came from an iPad model's

charging port, filling the store with smoke, a Vodafone spokesperson told the news site. (_Read more_: Don't want an iPad? Here are some tablet alternatives ) Sparks continued to

appear from the charging port and a fire brigade was called, no one was injured during the incident, the Australian news service said. Vodafone confirmed the event to CNBC. Read the full