If lithium-ion batteries are exposed to salt water, they can experience thermal runaway and explode. When possible, do your ...

Brookhaven volunteer fire crews spent a good portion of Wednesday evening with a collective eye on a charred apartment at ...

Flames destroyed the manufacturing facility of Heibert Cabinets and Woodworking, but the Canadian company immediately began ...

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly exploding inside garbage trucks, endangering New York City's sanitation workers. The long, rectangular batteries used in e-bikes have become a fiery threat to ...

Video captured the moment a truckload of lithium ion batteries exploded and blew apart a cargo container that fell on its side in a big rig rollover crash near the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- For months 7 on Your Side has been reporting on the dangers of lithium batteries. They've exploded without warning in some hoverboards, smartphones, laptops and ...

According to the scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) of Germany, a certain phenomenon occurs when charging lithium-ion batteries that greatly leads to short circuit and reduced ...

An electric wheelchair’s lithium-ion battery exploded inside a Columbia home on Friday night. Columbia firefighters responded to reports of the explosion and a residential structure fire in the 4100 ...

A lithium-ion battery pack has been identified as the cause of a house fire in Ashburn, according to the Loudoun County Fire ...