Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A garbage truck on fire in NYC. - Boro-Wide Despite being a known issue for literal years, garbage trucks keep going up in flames ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A Spring Hill father is being recognized for his quick thinking after a lithium ion battery fire broke out at his home ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- A lithium-ion battery sparked a fire at a San Diego State University student dorm late Tuesday night, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials said. According to SDFD officials, ...

New York City alone saw a total of 800 lithium-ion battery fires that resulted in 30 deaths and 400 injuries between 2022 and ...