Lithium-ion batteries in everyday devices at home are involved in a rising number of fires, as insurers warn severe fire claims exceeding $500,000 are becoming more common. Firefighters responded to ...

Lithium battery fires burn at high temperatures and are difficult to put out. As a result, fire fighters did not battle the blaze and allowed it to burn out. The fire spread a large cloud of toxic ...

Last Monday the workshop and stock was badly damaged after a lithium battery exploded – and a second battery also ignited.

So there we were, dead in the water about two miles offshore and about eight miles from the landing where we launched. There ...

This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of ...

according to the Mercury News. Lithium battery fires can emit toxic gases that can cause respiratory problems and skin burns and are difficult to extinguish. The large plant, which stores some 750 ...

It’s a major incident. All the resources in the county and our neighboring jurisdictions have been deployed ...' ...

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.