AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.
Gaston, our astonished reader reports: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes”.
Should you witness such an event, his advice is, “Don’t try anything courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!”
“For the record, this is a Dell machine,” notes Gaston. “It is only a matter of time until such an incident breaks out on a plane,” he suggests.
Our witness managed to catch all the action in these amazing pictures.
“Fire extinguishers leave a mess on your suit and belongings; pack your stuff (if you can) and leave, leave, leave!” he advises.
We don’t have any further details of the model of the computer in question. In light of the evidence, however, we’d suggest you avoid actually using a laptop on your lap.
Ouch!
haha.. Look at the explosion from that set piece man!! AWESOME!! haha… Two thumbs up for DELL for a wonderful piece of performance from their notebooks! I bet after that incident, the Japanese switched off all their DELL notebooks in the room and turned on their SONY. heeh…
The probable suspect for such an explosion might be due to battery problems. Maybe it’s caused by a faulty and leaking battery which might have ignighted somehow when it interacted with the HOT environment around the battery area or the power supplied to it. God knows what really happened but it was worth the show! haha..
Never in my life have I seen such a feat! Marvellous! WOOO.. UN-Luckily noone got hurt..
