On September 14, 1995, Apple stopped shipping the new PowerBook 5300 when at least two lithium-ion battery packs failed catastrophically at Apple's main campus while recharging. According to reports, at least one battery pack actually caught fire! This was enough for Apple to switch from lithium-ion batteries to nickel-metal-hydride, and keep the fire limited to FireWire PowerBooks.
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