Yahoo's offices in Santa Clara caught fire after a Dell computer exploded at the eighth floor. All workers were evacuated after the smoke alarms went off.

This comes as a surprise, as the company hardware is composed mostly of HPs and MACs, and it is believed the flaming Dell was personal property, and wasn't supposed to be in the building in the first place. It seems that Sony batteries did it again, according to Flickr photographer, Stewart Butterfield.

Cameron Marlow, an employee and an eye-witness, declared: "Looked up - smoke. Fire alarm going off. Got up and walked downstairs. That was it. The surprising thing is that it was a Dell, and pretty much all of Yahoo is on HP. It was in the research area. Most people were confused, thinking it was a false alarm, until they saw the laptop. [...] they stood around and waited. No surprise really. Pretty much like a school fire drill."


"We stood around or sat in the sunshine. It was a perfect time to grab lunch. Anyway, fire engine shows up. Turns out someone's DELL had caught fire up on the 8th floor. The fireman took it outside, hence the photos. Possibility some people suffered smoke inhalation", said another Yahoo worker.

In an official statement Sony states that "on rare occasions, microscopic metal particles in the recalled battery cells may come into contact with other parts of the battery cell, leading to a short circuit within the cell." It seems that Yahoo got lucky.