2015 MacBook Pro Retina suddenly explodes and flames accident occurs

Lithium-ion batteries with high energy density are indispensable for modern electronic equipment, but in order to store a lot of energy in the main body, once a problem occurs the phenomenon tends to deteriorate at once. Heat and ignition incidents of smartphones occur frequently as a main cause of problems during manufacturing, but similar accidents also occurred in MacBook Pro Retina of 2015 type manufactured by Apple.

My 2015 MacBook Pro Retina exploded. - Medium
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One day,Daniel DubarisSaid he was suddenly falling down when he was rolling in his bed and browsing with MacBook Pro. I turned off the power immediately and it seems that this time I started to make strange noise. And shortly afterwards, white smoke and a thin flame blew out from the bottom of the main body.

Surprised Mr. Dubaris jumped out of bed and he took the MacBook Pro and ran into the bathroom, but the reason is "to put it on a burning tile". Although it was a situation that it was not 10 seconds since the firing, the main body was very hot, and he said that he was burned to the middle finger and ring finger. I could not put up with the heat, Dubaris could not keep my MacBook Pro and dropped it to the floor.

Then, at that moment, explosion occurred within the body with the shock that the back panel was detached. And it seems that smoke blown out for several minutes from there.

The smoke settled down, but smoke got in the house, the tears stopped from the eyes due to the irritating odor melted plastic. Although it was Dubaris who thought that "at least the storage part is still alright without remaining" ......


The wish is also vain and the inside is completely out.


Battery that caused explosion. You can see that the body is bulging.


The inside was completely destroyed by heat.



Traces of intense flame and heat also in the bottom panel which has come off


The shock of the explosion, the mark of the impact remains on the outside.


Dubaris is burned to two fingers.


According to Mr. Dubaris, there seems to be some similar incidents around MacBook, but there was a common phenomenon that the battery swelled before the explosion occurred. However, in the case of a built-in battery type like the MacBook Pro, it can not be confirmed from its appearance. As a result, Mr. Dubaris recalls that he was fortunate to be able to notice the firing immediately, and encourages him to pay close attention to owners of similar models.