City and FDNY inspectors shut down a Queens scooter business that was building dozens of fire-prone lithium-ion batteries — and not a moment too soon, as the batteries began to ignite as firefighters ...
Almost as suddenly as the electric rent-a-scooters appeared, everyone had an opinion about them. They began clogging sidewalks across the Bay Area in late 2017 ($1 to start!) as brands with ...
A unit has exploded into flames on the Gold Coast, with one man climbing off a balcony to safety. Authorities say the fire started when a man tried to cool an overheating lithium-ion battery from an e ...
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin still remembers the night he visited a fire at the Golden Gateway, an apartment complex near the Embarcadero, which is part of the district he ...
CARMEL, Ind. — The Carmel Fire Department is among many agencies across the U.S. seeing a rise in the number of fires linked to lithium ion batteries. “From New York to Chicago to Carmel to LA, it’s ...