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From the BBC:
Three Apple employees have been treated for minor injuries after an iPad battery reportedly exploded in an Amsterdam shop.
The three staff are believed to have breathed vapours released when the battery caught fire.
The incident, on 19 August, led to the shop in Amsterdam's Leidseplein being evacuated and closed.
Firefighters were called and they dealt with the iPad and made sure the shop was properly aired.
The shop has now re-opened.
Amsterdam's fire brigade tweeted that it had attended the incident and three people had been treated for breathing problems.
A Dutch media site said staff in the store had initially dealt with the fuming iPad by putting it in a sand-filled fire bucket.
This reportedly quelled the fire but not before some of the potentially harmful irritants had been released.
Apple news site 9to5mac said it had seen more incidents of similar faults since the electronics company had started its iPhone battery replacement programme.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 22 2018, @05:14PM
Agreed, for the exploding item itself, such is of little advantage. The advantage comes in when a battery recall begins, then only the batteries need to be changed out, not the entire device. And the change out is easy, open back, remove old battery cartridge, insert new battery cartridge, replace back, done.
Also very much agreed. Given the flamability factor, this could be seen as a saftey issue. Not so much for the one that burns up, but for the ease of replacing the other multi-million when someone (i.e., Samsung) finds their sub-contractor built bad batteries.