New York City's Department of Corrections is temporarily suspending the use of bodyworn cameras after an employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation last week when hers suddenly caught fire.

The New York City Department of Corrections said Sunday that it will temporarily suspend the use of body-worn cameras by its officers after one of the devices caught on fire while in use last week. The department said one officer needed treatment for burns and smoke inhalation after her body camera caught on fire

The city Department of Correction temporarily pulled almost 3,500 body-worn cameras after one caught fire and injured a correction captain, the department said Saturday. The captain was on duty in the George R.

All 3,000 city Department of Correction body-worn cameras were yanked Saturday — a day after an officer at the Rikers Island correctional facility was injured when hers ignited, The Post has learned.