70,000 HP Laptop Batteries Recalled Over Fire Risks
Computer maker HP has decided to immediately recall nearly 70,000 batteries which 
incidentally were shipped with several models of its HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario laptops after reports two complaints of flaming batteries were reported.
HP is closely working with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC) in order to rectify the situation and has alerted consumers who may possibly be a part of the recall to immediately remove the battery from their systems and then contact it to check if their system is affected.Once the company verifies a specific battery is affected it would issue a free replacement battery to the customer. Commenting on the situation a CPSC report mentions “There were two separate reports of batteries that “overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage but no injuries”
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