Similar thing happened to my retina external display the other week and I had to unplug my monitor and run it out to my balcony while I could see flames in the

Similar thing happened to my retina external display the other week and I had to unplug my monitor and run it out to my balcony while I could see flames in the display (though I assume the root of the problem was different as there is no battery). Luckily it suffocated itself pretty quickly.