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Dell notebook ignites truck, man and daughter escape

by Doug Berger on Sep 11, 2006 at 11:32 AM
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Dell LogoIf you weren’t worried about your laptop battery before, now you should be.  Florida man David Costello and his daughter were driving along in their truck - probably on a road-trip - and were watching a movie on their laptop.  All of a sudden, the laptop started smoking and went up in flames.  The Costellos luckily got out, but the truck wasn’t as fortunate.  Ready for the twist?  The Dell laptop was not listed in their recent recall of 4.1 million batteries.  Now that’s scary.

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