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  1. 03-28-2017, 08:34 AM #1
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    [News] Samsung store catches fire ahead of the Galaxy S8 launch

    http://www.tweaktown.com/news/56878/...nch/index.html

    Samsung just can't catch a break. A day before the official launch of the Galaxy S8 and S8+, the Korean company is filling the headlines yet again, and once again the cause is - fire.

    After the Galaxy Note7 fiasco which involved faulty batteries, and the fire at their factory in China, Samsung's store in Singapore has suffered the same fate.

    Samsung has confirmed that their store caught fire in the early morning hours and fortunately no one was injured during the incident.

    We were alerted to a fire at the Samsung Experience Store at AMK Hub in the early hours of Tuesday morning before store opening hours. The fire was extinguished by water sprinklers in the store and no one was injured during the incident. We are currently assessing the property damage and working closely with the authorities to determine the cause of the fire.

    The cause of the fire has yet to be revealed, but this is definitely bad timing for Samsung. In less than 24 hours the company is set to unveil their latest flagship, and perhaps this incident would have gone unnoticed if there wasn't for the past incidents involving the Note7...

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  2. 03-28-2017, 09:21 AM #2
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    Likely unrelated to anything, given the fire was put out by water. Try to put out a lithium fire with water, I dare you lol.
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    As a note, lithium ion batteries don't use metallic lithium inside them. They don't present a unique hazard when wet from that aspect.
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    From what I've read about lithium ion batteries though you still don't want to use water on them.
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    ıf samsung continues to improve it self at this speed s9 will burn korea and s10 will be the end of the world.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparky View Post
    From what I've read about lithium ion batteries though you still don't want to use water on them.
    if they burn long enough that you are putting them out with the store fire you have a tesla in there or something is really wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparky View Post
    From what I've read about lithium ion batteries though you still don't want to use water on them.
    You'd not want to directly short any battery, and water is a good way to do that. The electrolytes in use in lithium ion batteries aren't especially reactive with water though. You could dissolve lithium hexafluorophosphate in water and it wouldn't explode or anything. It's sort of an urban legend appropriated from the more widely known lithium metal + water reaction.
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