Since the first lithium-ion battery was commercially produced by Sony in 1991, the demand has grown exponentially – from ...

Scrap metal, one of the Philadelphia area’s biggest shipping products, has been piling up in area scrapyards since June 4 when Camden officials closed EMR USA Holdings Inc.’s metal-shredding ...

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge ...

Lithium-ion batteries just keep on spontaneously exploding in Toronto, and the city's Fire Chief is warning the public about the growing threat of ...

An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY officials said Tuesday.

Despite being a known issue for literal years, garbage trucks keep going up in flames due to people improperly disposing of lithium-ion batteries. Back in late May, a garbage truck caught fire in ...

NEW YORK — An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a residential home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

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 ...

To create the images, two batteries were heated to 250 degrees Celsius (around 482 degrees Fahrenheit) and observed what happened using a thermal camera and a powerful synchrotron X-ray. The object ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding "zombie batteries" are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...