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Samsung to state cause of Galaxy Note 7 fire

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics says it will announce the reason why its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones overheated and caught fire on Jan. 23.

The company said Friday that the announcement will be livestreamed in Chinese, English and Korean on its websites.

The Galaxy Note 7 was a fiasco for the world’s largest smartphone maker.

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