The Consumerist has a tale of an iPod Nano that apparantly blew up while connected to a users PC. While we can concede that an electrical short can cause sparks, even when connected to a relatively low powered USB port on a PC, it is hard to believe that this thing "exploded."
According to the user, the iPod continued to spit sparks after it was unplugged from the machine:
I am writing this in regards to an issue I have had with an iPod nano, first generation. I have included the relevant pictures of my iPod after th