EMR Metal Recycling said a lithium-ion battery that was "wrongly delivered" to the Camden shredding facility was likely the ...

Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often ...

Lithium-ion batteries have an internal chemistry that leads to major fires and toxic pollutants when they combust. What role ...

Firefighters responded after a man called saying his cell phone battery started hissing, and then rapidly burning ...

According to Fire and Rescue NSW, there have been at least 35 lithium-ion battery fires this year across the state. Since 2022, the City of Sydney local government area has recorded the most ...

A lithium-ion battery caused a fire outside a Westchester residence early Sunday morning, Feb. 2, prompting firefighters to issue safety warnings about the potential hazards of these increasingly ...

A hazmat bin was seen being hauled into the building.

Fire and Rescue NSW reported 323 fires ignited by lithium-ion batteries, an increase from 272 fires in 2023, and 165 fires in ...

However, lithium-ion battery fires possess characteristics which reduce the effectiveness of regular fire extinguishers. Factors that make traditional fire extinguishers less effective against ...

The concern about the toxicity of the smoke generated by lithium-ion battery fires still remains. Several fire fatalities from 2023 were a single fire with multiple victims. Research has shown ...

NSW fire authorities are warning of the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a spike in potentially-lethal fires caused by ...

A metal recycling company said Saturday that a “wrongly delivered” lithium-ion battery is the suspected cause of a four-alarm ...