A NSW inquest has been told exploding lithium-ion batteries caused volatile fires killing three people in separate blazes ...

The deaths of three people and countless fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries have prompted a coronial ...

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 ...

Though the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) both assured us last summer that phones are quite safe, some people still can’t catch a break. We’ve learned of ...

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.

At first glance, this battery looked like a breakthrough in portable power. But deep inside its structure was a flaw so severe that researchers considered shutting down the entire project. Under ...

A lithium laptop battery exploded and sparked a massive blaze that ravaged a Southside Estates home, leaving a disabled veteran and his family displaced.

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 ...

The e-bike had been left charging overnight when its lithium-ion battery exploded - sending flames shooting into the garden.