The hazards range from chemical and thermal exposures to explosions. One of the common types of li-ion batteries that’s in use is the 18650 cell. These cells are cylindrical in shape and are 18 ...

Communications received information that an individual had set several vehicles on fire in the parking lot and caused damage ...

Fire officials are reiterating proper safety precautions after a lithium-ion battery pack explosion in Holyoke left one ...

Fire officials now believe that the whole incident began when a resident improperly disposed of a lithium-ion battery ... would otherwise be in danger of exploding. But the hiss never came ...

Fire officials believe the improper disposal of a lithium-ion battery may have been ... Suddenly, the garbage truck detonates like a bomb. The explosion sent a fireball and a plume of thick ...

Arlington Heights Fire Department officials believe the Dec. 6 garbage truck fire and explosion that injured three first responders and strew debris blocks away was caused by a lithium ion battery ...

“Lithium ion batteries, when they fail or have been misused or damaged, can give rise to sudden explosions and toxic fires that are immense and dangerous,” the FRV report said. “They have ...

Eight people are displaced after a charging lithium-ion battery caused a fire in a Woodland apartment early Sunday morning, firefighters said.

Investigators determined that the owner of the battery was attempting to carry it outside when it exploded, sending the ...

HOLYOKE — An explosion of an electric bicycle’s lithium-ion battery in a city apartment on Sunday, injuring a person and ...