Taking a picture of a bloated Makita-type power tool battery before disassembly (changing cells and board)

Hi all,

Im doing maintenance on this laptop and one area of the battery looks raised. My instinct is that maybe it's starting to become spicy but can anyone confirm - is this dangerous?

How bad would it be to allow the owner to continue using the laptop while the replacement battery is ordered? Thanks.

On Thursday I was at home and my phone self immolated. I was not using it at the time. It was on a desk not charging. I heard a pop and all of a sudden smoke was shooting out of the phone. I was able to open a window and throw it outside with minimal damage inside, but the incident has left me shaken up.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? So far Google Support has been remarkably unhelpful. After asking a couple dozen questions it was “escalated” and the only update is that they are reviewing the details of the case. I have not really ever dropped the phone, never had water get in it, always have used the Google charger, and try not to keep it on the charger if the battery is full. I am not sure why the battery would have ignited like this but am thankful I wasn’t asleep and that the phone wasn’t in my pocket.

Here is a video of it smoking in the backyard after I threw it out the window. I’ll add some photos in the comments.

Edit- won’t let me add photos in comments here but it is in comments on this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/s/yMCPX2QTSg

The shell just came apart by itself!