Despite being a known issue for literal years, garbage trucks keep going up in flames due to people improperly disposing of lithium-ion batteries. Back in late May, a garbage truck caught fire in ...

A home in Groton caught on fire after lithium-ion batteries exploded on Thursday. Firefighters said they responded to a home on Nashua Road shortly before 2 p.m. after a resident ...

When fire service leaders from across New England gathered at the Big E fair in West Springfield recently, they came not only ...

Scrap metal, one of the Philadelphia area’s biggest shipping products, has been piling up in area scrapyards since June 4 when Camden officials closed EMR USA Holdings Inc.’s metal-shredding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Lithium-ion battery fires are occurring at a higher rate across the US, according to a federal ...

A report of shattered windows and smoke coming from a Van Nuys apartment building Saturday turned out to be an exploding lithium-ion battery. The explosion was reported at 1:48 p.m. Saturday in a four ...

Since the first lithium-ion battery was commercially produced by Sony in 1991, the demand has grown exponentially – from portable electronic devices to power tools, to electric vehicles and more, ...

New York City recorded its first fatality related to a lithium-ion battery fire this year when a 48-year-old Queens man who scrambled out a window to escape a massive blaze sparked by an e-bike ...

As lithium-ion batteries explode in popularity, fire departments are adapting to make sure they can handle the batteries that burn very hot and urge all families to be careful. In 2018, WESH 2 News ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Lithium-ion battery fires are occurring at a higher rate across the US, according to a federal government study, showing an increase by 10-percent, year-over-year, for the ...