08-20-2018, 05:28 AM
Dutch Apple store evacuates after likely iPad battery incident
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<p class="gray small byline"> By <a href="mailto:rfingas@gmail.com">Roger Fingas</a> <br /><span class="gray">Sunday, August 19, 2018, 01:54 pm PT (04:54 pm ET)</span> </p>
<p> <span><span class="article-leader">Apple’s Amsterdam store was briefly evacuated on Sunday afternoon following what appears to the overheating of an iPad battery. <br /></span></p>
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<p>After trouble began store staff immediately put the tablet in a bin with sand, which seemed to halt the situation, Dutch blog <em>iCulture</em> <a href="https://www.iculture.nl/nieuws/apple-store-amsterdam-ontruimd-ontplofte-ipad/">noted</a>. By around 2:20 p.m. local time, the city’s fire department was <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandweerAA/status/1031154040560918528">on the scene</a>. Though there was no obvious smoke, three people reported respiratory issues.</p>
<p>The incident moved quickly enough that by 3 p.m., workers and shoppers were allowed to come back in.</p>
<p>While normally safe, lithium-ion batteries are still volatile — they can potentially explode or catch fire if something like leakage isn’t dealt with immediately. This year alone Apple stores have seen <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/02/two-apple-retail-employees-hospitalized-following-battery-rupture-at-hong-kong-store">multiple battery incidents/a>, including </a><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/10/second-iphone-battery-fire-in-two-days-affects-spanish-apple-store">some fires</a>. </p>
<p>This may be related to Apple’s <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/12/28/apple-apologizes-for-iphone-battery-slowdown-controversy-will-reduce-out-of-warranty-battery-replacement-to-29">discounted replacements</a>, instituted to placate people upset about the company throttling iPhones with weakened batteries. While the company has since made it possible to toggle throttling, people with older iPhones have been <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/12/apple-bringing-in-more-labor-to-cope-with-surge-of-iphone-battery-replacements">flooding Apple stores</a> looking to get battery replacements before they return to $79 from their current $29. More foot traffic may mean a higher likelihood of discovering faults.</p>
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<p class="gray small byline"> By <a href="mailto:rfingas@gmail.com">Roger Fingas</a> <br /><span class="gray">Sunday, August 19, 2018, 01:54 pm PT (04:54 pm ET)</span> </p>
<p> <span><span class="article-leader">Apple’s Amsterdam store was briefly evacuated on Sunday afternoon following what appears to the overheating of an iPad battery. <br /></span></p>
<div align="center">
<div class="article-img"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dutch-apple-store-evacuates-after-likely-ipad-battery-incident.jpg" alt="Image Credit: AT5" class="lazy" /><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dutch-apple-store-evacuates-after-likely-ipad-battery-incident-1.jpg" /></div>
<p><span class="minor2 small gray">Image Credit: AT5</span></div>
<p>After trouble began store staff immediately put the tablet in a bin with sand, which seemed to halt the situation, Dutch blog <em>iCulture</em> <a href="https://www.iculture.nl/nieuws/apple-store-amsterdam-ontruimd-ontplofte-ipad/">noted</a>. By around 2:20 p.m. local time, the city’s fire department was <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandweerAA/status/1031154040560918528">on the scene</a>. Though there was no obvious smoke, three people reported respiratory issues.</p>
<p>The incident moved quickly enough that by 3 p.m., workers and shoppers were allowed to come back in.</p>
<p>While normally safe, lithium-ion batteries are still volatile — they can potentially explode or catch fire if something like leakage isn’t dealt with immediately. This year alone Apple stores have seen <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/02/two-apple-retail-employees-hospitalized-following-battery-rupture-at-hong-kong-store">multiple battery incidents/a>, including </a><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/10/second-iphone-battery-fire-in-two-days-affects-spanish-apple-store">some fires</a>. </p>
<p>This may be related to Apple’s <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/12/28/apple-apologizes-for-iphone-battery-slowdown-controversy-will-reduce-out-of-warranty-battery-replacement-to-29">discounted replacements</a>, instituted to placate people upset about the company throttling iPhones with weakened batteries. While the company has since made it possible to toggle throttling, people with older iPhones have been <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/12/apple-bringing-in-more-labor-to-cope-with-surge-of-iphone-battery-replacements">flooding Apple stores</a> looking to get battery replacements before they return to $79 from their current $29. More foot traffic may mean a higher likelihood of discovering faults.</p>
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