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« on: July 05, 2019, 04:05:20 pm »

MacBook Pro owner posts images of damaged notebook due to battery recall

Courtesy of Steven Gagne

What you need to know

A MacBook Pro owner posted images of Facebook of his notebook affected by the recall issue.
His MacBook Pro blew up, searing the computer and filling the house with smoke and strong chemical odor.
Luckily his computer was on a coffee table so the damage was kept to a minimum.
The MacBook Pro was seared and caused the house to be filled with smoke.

Last month, Apple launched a voluntary recall for a limited number of 2015 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros sold between 2015 and 2017. The recall was over an overheating issue related to the battery and one owner specifically experienced the worst case scenario effect and posted images of exactly what could happen to a MacBook Pro. It isn't pretty.

First spotted by PetaPixel, Steven Gagne, a designer from Florida, posted images on Facebook of his seared and destroyed 15-inch MacBook Pro and brief description of what happened.

Here's what Gagne said in his post:


  Monday night while we were in...

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