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LG Pulls Laptop Model After Battery Melts

Posted Feb 22, 08 6:54 PM CST in Technology 

(Newser) – LG pulled a laptop model from stores following a report that the battery melted while in use, the AP reports. A company spokesman said it had opened an investigation into the meltdown, adding that the model is no longer in production and is sold only in South Korea.

A graduate student in South Korea reported that his laptop’s battery melted Thursday night, the spokesman said. LG batteries are designed to melt in special cases to avoid a potential explosion. The incident follows reports in January that a different model LG battery exploded, again in South Korea.

Source Associated Press

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