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http://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...hinese-factory-makes-samsung-note-7-batteries

You cannot make this shit up.

Edit: Minor incident, no one is hurt.

 

[DonMigs85]

Seems like the batteries decided to make their last stand

 

[Gattsu25]

Jesus, talk about burying the lede just to get a joke in.

No one was injured

 

[Busty]

Seems an emotionally charged situation.

 

[liquidtmd]

Unfortunate. Glad it was resolved quickly, was minor and no-one got hurt

 

[Breads]

Logical conclusion.

 

[Exclamation-One]

This is another blow to Samsung in a string of events that have been overwhelmingly negative. Positive that the batteries were to blame for starting the fire?

 

[Busty]

This is another blow to Samsung in a string of events that have been overwhelmingly negative. Positive that the batteries were to blame for starting the fire?

 

[Netherscourge]

1. Factories have small fires. It happens. Especially when they are using volatile chemicals.

2. Why are they still making Note 7 batteries?

 

[Gattsu25]

This is another blow to Samsung in a string of events that have been overwhelmingly negative. Positive that the batteries were to blame for starting the fire?

Unconfirmed but seems that way. Some quotes from the article:

A fire broke out in a Chinese factory that makes batteries for Samsung's explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on Wednesday morning.

Samsung SDI Co., a supplier of batteries to the Galaxy Note 7, said a ”minor fire" broke out in the plant in suburban Tianjin's Wuqing district but was quickly put out.

No one was injured in the incident, news portal Sina . com . cn reported.

The reason for the blaze was not immediately clear, the report said, but Tianjin's firefighting authority said the materials that caught fire were lithium-ion batteries and some semi-manufactured battery products.

A total of 19 fire engines and more than 110 firemen were sent to the scene after the fire was reported at 6am, according to a statement the authority posted on its official Weibo microblog at about 3pm.

Edit:

Ha! Missed that

 

[Alanood]

The Samsung battery curse continues...

 

[shira]

 

[outsida]

Batteries not going down without a fight

 

[Falchion]

Samsung is out there for payback.

 

[hobozero]

 

[sixteen-bit]

I didn't think Note 7 batteries were still being made.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I was half expecting this to be an Onion article. Reality continues to outdo them.

 

[zeemumu]

Oh Samsung...

 

[Sesuadra]

I was half expecting this to be an Onion article. Reality continues to outdo them.

Exactly.

 

[andythinkpad]

Well somebody got to make those S8 batteries.

 

[smisk]

Further proof that we're living in a simulation.

 

[Kayhan]

Seems like the batteries decided to make their last stand

300 Batteries at the Hot Gates of Samsung.

 

[pronk420]

It doesn't actually say that it was Note 7 batteries that caught fire, or that they are still making them, just that there was a fire caused by batteries at the factory where the Note 7 batteries were made.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Oh Samsung...

Should have the Jordan face on the screen

 

[ThisGuy]

Lol

 

[ArtHands]

 

[Complistic]

Are we sure it's not just smog?

 

[Poor GRIMES]

"but her headphone jack"

 

[smurfx]

samsung execs

 

[Jack The Nipper]

Samsung has really been on fire, they should have an nba jam mascot

 

[CrispyBoar]

Wow. Thank goodness that no one was injured.