2 out of 3 of my drives just set on fire!

[dirtyArticle]

I had just plugged 1 new HDD and 1 new SSD onto a power lead with an existing SSD on. the new HDD instantly set on fire, followed by a puff of smoke on my SSD. the drive that was there on the same power lead is fine. rest of my system is fine.

is this caused by a faulty power cable?
this is not the first time ive had drives fail and i was careful to make sure everything was correctly plugged in, drives mounted etc.

I am baffled. Please help if you have any idea what this might be. my PSU is a brand new RM1000 from corsair

 

[VincentP]

It sounds like a short in one of the hard drives.

 

[PhatLloyd]

Agreed that it could be a short, but closely inspect the cables and check that there are no breaks in the wire and plastic insulation. It could also be a faulty header and that it maybe wasn't connecting to the drive port properly.

 

[fzabkar]

measure the voltages at the cable do not switch modular cables between different psus check the tvs diodes on your drives

 

[PhatLloyd]

Power surge somehow?