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Apple's headquarters saved from fire

Dip it in caramel

FIREFIGHTERS in Cupertino, California put out a fire at Apple's headquarters early this morning.

The apparently stubborn three-alarm blaze burned for more than three hours before finally being extinguished.

It burned the second level and roof in one of the company's six main office buildings at its northern California headquarters campus, according to a report by the Santa Clara County Fire Department.

A SCFD dispatcher said the fire was "not very big, but there is going to be a lot of smoke damage." The fire's cause was not reported and the company hasn't made any comment.

Reports that Nick Farrell was seen in the vicinity brandishing a pastel-coloured cigarette lighter have been condemned as wildly inaccurate. µ

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Comments

D'oh!

must have been a macbook pro with a faulty battery AND flawed Nvidia gpu. Its hard to beleave that Dell and HP have been hit with Nvidia mobile GPU failures but not Apple.Of course Apple is not exactly forthcoming with information regarding design flaws.
posted by : gabe, 13 August 2008

Apple Fire....


A SCFD dispatcher said the fire was "not very big, but there is going to be a lot of smoke damage."

Ahh.. it occurred in the area where they store the smoke & mirrors.
So, it could be:
(A) Steve's Office
(B) Mobile Me's "There's Nothing Wrong with our servers" department
(C) Wherever they write those magical yarns that Steve spins in MacWorld keynote speeches
(D) where ever they do "bake off" tests.
posted by : Zanny Blowzdogs, 13 August 2008

One of the magnetic power leads ?

Wasn't there a reported problem with the laptop power leads burning ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rheauchyr/113019035/
posted by : Colin Wilson, 13 August 2008

Has to be said..

..someone left an Apple laptop plugged in overnight?
posted by : Captain Obvious, 13 August 2008

Red Stapler

Any sightings yet?
posted by : Chris, 13 August 2008

It was Google Street View

The blokes mistook it for a smoke-easy. Sorry guv, err, your Jobsness.
posted by : Fritter, 13 August 2008

I always knew it

Macs are fire hazards...
posted by : Mike, 14 August 2008

burnt to the core ?? :O)



im surprised that half the neighbourhood wasnt burnt down to the ground with the ammount of shiny plastic there must have been in there :O)
posted by : psychochief, 14 August 2008
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