February 24, 2008 2:05 PM PST

Samsung Electronic laptop battery melts

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SEOUL--A battery in a Samsung Electronics notebook computer melted on Sunday, officials from the company and South Korea's fire department said. The notebook battery emitted smoke after being used for about three and a half hours on a pillow, a fire department official in Seoul told Reuters by telephone.

A Samsung's spokesman said the notebook was the P10 model, which was produced in 2002 but did not give further details such as a producer of the battery. "We are checking details of the incident," James Chung, the company spokesman, said by telephone.

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