Galaxy Note 7 battery factory catches fire

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, of course, was pulled off the market twice, and ultimately killed, due to failing batteries provided by two separate providers. Samsung KDI was one of the Samsung affiliates that developed the Galaxy Note 7 batteries, so it’s perhaps not all that surprising that one of its factories went up in smoke. Nobody seems to have been injured, so far as we can tell, and Bloomberg said the flames were quickly extinguished, allowing us to have a bit of a chuckle at the whole situation.

Waste site fire

Samsung told Bloomberg that production wasn’t affected because the fire occurred at a waste site, not near the production line where Samsung KDI actually manufactures the batteries. Forbes grabbed several images of the fire, which took place on Tuesday morning in China, which we’ve gathered in the gallery above. Let’s just hope none of these batteries are bound for the Galaxy S8.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/02/08/galaxy-note-7-battery-factory-catches-fire/