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Bucks County Woman Injured When Laptop Computer Explodes
2014-07-02
[PHILADELPHIA.CBSLOCAL] Fire officials in Bucks County are investigating what caused a laptop computer to explode, injuring the woman who was using it inside her Langhorne Manor home.

"It blew up. It flipped my computer back and the battery pack and all came out this way," Loretta Luff recalled, "The next thing I knew, my shirt was on fire, I grabbed that and took that off and I think that's when I singed my hair."

Even with her singed hair, burned face, arm and foot, Luff considers herself lucky. She says she is grateful she and her disabled husband escaped worse injuries when her Dell laptop exploded Sunday afternoon.
Posted by:Fred

#8  As I understand it, the fix will consist of a heavy steel box surrounding the battery, with vent tubes leading away from the subject's lap. Then when the battery goes into runaway, the explosive gases will harmlessly dissipate overboard.
(Hey, it worked for the Lazy B and the EasyBake Airliner (787)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-07-02 23:03  

#7  You know what the Zen masters say, you should live every day as if your hair is on fire.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-07-02 16:52  

#6  SteveS Get a WimbAway.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-07-02 16:45  

#5  To your room, SteveS! For a week! Without any internet!!! That was a serious, serious stinker -- I'm impressed.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-07-02 16:36  

#4  In the laptop, the quiet laptop,
The Li-ion sleeps tonight...
Posted by: SteveS   2014-07-02 15:50  

#3  I'll bet it was a replacement battery (from china).
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-07-02 15:08  

#2  You say I'm supposed to put this thing on my lap?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-07-02 15:02  

#1  A built-in danger especially for Li-ion batteries. They are all supposed to incorporate protective circuitry to prevent certain kinds of electrochemical runaways. Good thing this didn't happen on a plane in flight.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2014-07-02 12:46  

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