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

Ultimately, addressing this challenge will require a collective effort to innovate, educate and implement solutions that make ...

As battery chemistries evolve and volumes increase, thermal risk will continue to grow unless controls evolve alongside them.

Lithium batteries can store ”a huge amount of energy in a very small space,” Christensen said. The risk comes when a battery ...

EasyJet flight EZY2618 was somewhere above the Adriatic Sea when a woman approached a member of the cabin crew with a ...

Some Ottawa city councillors are calling for Ontario's fire code to be updated to more heavily regulate indoor storage and ...

CSA Group Fire Test Specialist Josh Dinaburg discusses lithium-ion battery fire risks, thermal runaway, evolving safety standards, and what workplace safety professionals need to know as battery ...

Jim Jessop said the batteries, which are used to power a wide range of items like smartphones, were behind two fires at the ...

The rise in lithium-ion battery fires in the UK now occurs every five hours. Learn how unregulated e-bikes and improper disposal worsen this threat and the urgent need for stricter safety rules.

RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newly released security footage from an e-bike facility in Quebec, Canada, shows a lithium-ion battery fire igniting and rapidly escalating—then being immediately ...

One person is dead after an e-bike’s lithium battery caught fire, San Jose firefighters said. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, the San Jose Fire Department received a 911 call from an apartment on Norwalk Drive.

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts fire officials are reminding residents to safely purchase, charge, and store lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles and other micromobility devices following ...