Many now know that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was a phone and a cigarette lighter in a single package. However, the other functionality wasn’t intentionally embedded, and after a months long probe, the cause of exploding Note 7s was funneled down to faulty batteries. But now it seems those faulty batteries are some sort of demonic living beings, as the factory where they were made at, has caught fire.
Although the fire was minor, the incident happened at Samsung SDI’s waste disposal facility within the factory premises where the faulty Note 7 batteries were manufactured. We don’t know if one of those faulty batteries were disposed there and happens to be the cause of this fire too. Pictures of the inferno were circulated on Weibo, a Chinese alternative to Twitter.
For those unaware, Samsung SDI manufactured 60% of the batteries which powered the now notorious Galaxy Note 7. The other 40% was supplied by Amperex Technologies Ltd. After a thorough investigation though, Samsung SDI figured that the problem was only with the batteries that were meant for the Note 7, and every other phone which runs their batteries are completely safe. While Samsung’s own probe isolated the cause of the explosion to a fault with the batteries, independent investigations have revealed that the Note 7’s chassis design left little space for expansion and contraction of Li-ion batteries, which do have a tendency to heat up and expand when being charged.
However, after this incident, Samsung has been taking all measures necessary to ensure that their future products remain safe and are only visible in palms and pockets, rather than on warning signs with dangerously flammable goods for company.
