CNN.com Technology News Wednesday, June 28, 2006; Posted: 11:37 a.m. EDT (15:37 GMT) Courtesy of CNN.com Technology News
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Dell laptop computer seen bursting into flames in photographs on the Internet was being examined as part of the company's probe of the incident, Dell Inc. said Tuesday.
"We have captured the notebook and have begun investigating the event," Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said, confirming the computer was made by Dell but declining to specify the model. No one was hurt in the incident, she said.
The Inquirer By INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 21 June 2006, 13:22 Courtesy of The Inquirer
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".
