"Dude! You're Getting An Explosion!" - Dell Laptop Spontaneously Combusts!

[Rex Tirano]

INQ reader's amazing snaps

By INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 21 June 2006, 13:22

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.

Guilhem, 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 Guilhem. "It is only a matter of time until such an incident breaks out on a plane," he suggests.

Guilhem 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.





- Rexy

[used:)]

Hahahahaha! So much for how much they blathered about how it was so environmentally safe.

[Havoc]

It was a Dell... what the hell did they expect?

[Statikk HDM]

Sweet headline. What ever happened to the Dell guy, anyhow? That must have been scary but it is pretty lucky that the laptop didn't spontaneously combust on a different surface. Like say, I don't know, a lap? So, is this just the test run or are there going to be recalls.

[Wil]

Funny, I was looking for Havoc's laptop thread, but Rexy managed to create another. Anyway, fellow people who appreciate Dell to the same level I do will equally enjoy this story.

[used:)]

Sweet headline. What ever happened to the Dell guy, anyhow?

From what I heard, he was apprantly addicted to cocaine and got busted. No skin off my back though, he annoyed the shit out of me.

[Spirrow]

Sweet, finally some action worth looking at. I wish I
was there to hear the screams of shocked people.
Tell me if they weren't surprised.

[Statikk HDM]

Are you kidding me? I'd be pretty surprised if a laptop, for no apparent reason, SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED.

[Bullet Magnet]

You haven't seen anything til you've seen Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott explode outside Westminster...

...heh heh, funny...

[Mojo]

Heh, it reminds me of the Windows presentation, where Gates eventually gets the BLue Screen of Death ^_^.