The fun never ends: another Dell up in flames

Every time we think we've had our fill of these, somebody goes and one-ups the competition with a Dell-fueled inferno of doom. Apparently this one is coming at us from Shanghai, and while we're not sure what anyone is saying on the forum to which these pictures are posted, we're guessing a chorus of "sucks to be you!" and "recalled for a reason" is a solid guess. Check after the break for a couple more pictures, including the stark beauty of the aftermath.

[Thanks, Steve Du]

[Ken C @ Sep 4th 2007 12:15PM]

They will never learn will they?

[adam @ Sep 4th 2007 12:19PM]

Who, the Chinese? :P

[SYN @ Sep 4th 2007 12:19PM]

he was left handed, he deserved it!


wouldn't that suck if it happened on a plane? you would be beaten to death with those stiff little pillows because people would assume you are a terrorist!

[david @ Sep 4th 2007 2:32PM]

Who the righthanded terrorists?

[Stephen @ Sep 5th 2007 6:44AM]

I'd be more concerned about having a flaming piece of melting plastic sitting on my lap...

[Mark @ Sep 4th 2007 12:20PM]

Ah the modern world... Where, when faced with a highly dangerous fire based situation, people will run for a camera instead of an extinguisher.

[Chosen Randomly @ Sep 4th 2007 12:24PM]

And apparently...sand?

[aron @ Sep 4th 2007 12:44PM]

Sand is often used as a fire extinguisher! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_sand_bucket)

[33scottie33 @ Sep 4th 2007 12:36PM]

Ha, I thought they would have at least grabbed the coffee first before the camera! I see they did so after it was extinguished. It's missing in the last photo.

[Trond @ Sep 4th 2007 12:50PM]

That stuff is way too fine to be sand (it even clings to the glass on the CRT) - my guess would be a powder fire extinguisher. This is also suggested by the fact that _everything_ nearby is coated in the stuff, and you'd have to be damn clumsy to spill that much sand around if you were just dumping a bucket of it on a burning laptop...

[Nick @ Sep 4th 2007 2:04PM]

In America.. First and foremost you must get solid evidence for your lawsuit. THEN and only then should you think about handling the highly dangerous fire based situation.

Didnt you get the memo?

[Nick @ Sep 4th 2007 2:11PM]

Personally at sight of flames that size i would have thought about running for marshmellows and graham crackers... not my camera... could have been a company marshmellow roast. This guy is such a party pooper.

[ekwmin @ Sep 4th 2007 4:33PM]

Could that be chemicals from the battery? Just a thought. Any experts?

[Manuel Anaya @ Sep 4th 2007 12:21PM]

Poor people, he lost his laptopt and his lunch! Gosh DELL, it doesn't stop making bad laptops, it also ruins your lunch.

[Matthew F @ Sep 4th 2007 12:28PM]

hah @ the pomegranite

[randy @ Sep 4th 2007 12:43PM]

No kidding! Who eats a POMEGRANATE at work? That's a disaster waiting to happen.

[willyboy @ Sep 4th 2007 12:22PM]

Working way to hard!

[A3rdLeg @ Sep 4th 2007 12:25PM]

poof

[AdamChantarumporn @ Sep 4th 2007 12:25PM]

In the first pictures, there's a notebook with paper right beside the fire. Dummy should have moved that, then pick up the camera, then use the fire extinguisher.

[DellHater70 @ Sep 4th 2007 12:25PM]

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-nads

[ScOObyDoo @ Sep 4th 2007 12:25PM]

Will this be counted as one of the "Dell Scoops" you promised for this week? Cause this product doesn't impress me. Not one bit.

[a3rdLeg @ Sep 4th 2007 12:26PM]

poof

[Simon Song @ Sep 4th 2007 12:29PM]

WOW...it's like Sony's batteries all over again.

[waiownsyou @ Sep 4th 2007 12:37PM]

Dell batteries ARE Sony batteries.

[33scottie33 @ Sep 4th 2007 12:31PM]

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!!!

[martin @ Sep 4th 2007 12:38PM]

-> Goodness gracious, great Dells of fire!!!

[DellHater70 @ Sep 4th 2007 12:35PM]

Dells suck

Get A Mac!

[martin @ Sep 4th 2007 12:38PM]

Yes get a Mac!

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/03/12/macbook-battery-fire/

[DellHater70 @ Sep 4th 2007 12:55PM]

party!

[garver @ Sep 4th 2007 4:48PM]

It makes me wonder if dell stole this feature from the Apple

[Peppie @ Sep 4th 2007 12:36PM]

Be thankful he didn't call 911...and the fire department and an ambulance and a HAZMAT team...

[EnergyBlue @ Sep 4th 2007 12:38PM]

trainer-Laptop!! Fireball
trainer- Not, NOT ON YOU!!!

[Fruition @ Sep 4th 2007 6:23PM]

Actually, I think his Dell was trying to evolve into a CharizarDell. He stopped the evolution from occuring. :P

[Wormbolt @ Sep 4th 2007 12:48PM]

What a rip off! Everyone knows Apple invented the touch-sensitive exploding interface.

[bonaparte @ Sep 4th 2007 12:48PM]

Engadget for life baby

[Ray-- @ Sep 4th 2007 12:54PM]

what an awkward way to use a laptop.

[Nick @ Sep 4th 2007 2:07PM]

no doubt Dell/Sony will blame that for the fire.

[binary @ Sep 4th 2007 12:54PM]

Not sand. It looks like residue from a dry chemical extinguisher (ABC) - exactly the right kind for a fire of this kind. Water would be a shock hazard and probably spread any battery acid that was leaking.

Nice Dell!

[Peppie @ Sep 4th 2007 2:10PM]

Dell laptops: Training the firemen of today!

[busdriverfred @ Sep 4th 2007 12:59PM]

This is not funny. I own a dell. Now if this happened to a mac, it would be freakin hysterical!!

[OmegaRed @ Sep 4th 2007 1:15PM]

See above comment about it happening to a mac.

[tassypoo @ Sep 4th 2007 1:06PM]

Wow!

[GadgetGeek @ Sep 4th 2007 1:13PM]

I'm thinking Sony should exit the battery market.

[mrjimbo19 @ Sep 4th 2007 1:14PM]

Had time to grab the camera while it was burning but not enough time to put it out? Watch out for exploding Dells!

[LEXX911 @ Sep 4th 2007 1:19PM]

Look like a setup to me. I mean if it was me or many other thousand of people see their laptop burning like that or starting to catches fire, we will definitly go into panic mode and throw it in a bathtub or something to put it out. But this guy had it all setup. Camera ready and fire extinguisher(i mean how many people do own a fire extinguisher) all ready to setup this firework.

It's one of those "Hey, Look at me".

[ftf @ Sep 4th 2007 1:33PM]

It's in a cubicle, I doubt someone set this up at their workplace, they could/would get charged with arson.

[LEXX911 @ Sep 4th 2007 6:51PM]

You're probably right. Didn't click on the link to see the rest of the pics. But still, idiots just standing around and think fire burning on their desktop is funny. I guessed they are waiting for that thing to explode in their face and cause a huge fire to break out that they won't be able to put out with a extinquisher. If that place had installed sprinklers, that laptop won't be the only thing that'll be destroyed.

[Zachary @ Sep 4th 2007 1:24PM]

Did anyone else notice the pumpkin? on the left side got frosted :) its a little snow pumpkin.

[Earl @ Sep 4th 2007 5:57PM]

That pumpkin is a pomegranite.

[Zachary @ Sep 5th 2007 3:47AM]

I've never seen a pomegranite.. I have had pom juice though.. thats good stuff.