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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by Zigurd on Saturday December 18, 2021 @09:19AM (#29604639)
The plastic will burn. In addition to HF and other very nasty things the battery fire emits, the burning plastic is also very nasty: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577247/
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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by jacquesm on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:18AM (#29605637)
Judging by the photo the OP posted it self extinguished. So it doesn't readily sustain a flame even when exposed to fire, and that makes it fire retardant.

It probably does emit some very nasty gases while it does that, plastics are, as a rule, not nice to be near when they are burning or exposed to flames, all kinds of nasty stuff can come out of them, including dioxins.

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