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Lithium-Ion Battery

Bethesda, MD
Business
Fires, Explosions Spark Large Recall Of Wireless Power Banks Fires, Explosions Spark Large Recall Of Wireless Power Banks
Fires, Explosions Spark Large Recall Of Wireless Power Banks More than 33,000 wireless power banks are being recalled after the lithium-ion batteries…

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by Chris Spiker
Beacon, NY
Police & Fire
Cell Phone Explodes At Assisted Living Facility In Beacon Cell Phone Explodes At Assisted Living Facility In Beacon
Cell Phone Explodes At Assisted Living Facility In Beacon A cell phone powered by a lithium-ion battery exploded inside an assisted living facility in Dutchess…

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by Ben Crnic
Bethesda, MD
Business
Burn Hazard Prompts Huge Recall Of Heated Socks Burn Hazard Prompts Huge Recall Of Heated Socks
Burn Hazard Prompts Huge Recall Of Heated Socks Tens of thousands of pairs of heated socks are being recalled after nearly a dozen reports of burns and…

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by Chris Spiker
Camp Hill, PA
Police & Fire
Lithium-Ion Battery Explosion Sparks Car Fire In Cumberland County: Fire Officials Lithium-Ion Battery Explosion Sparks Car Fire In Cumberland County: Fire Officials
Lithium-Ion Battery Explosion Sparks Car Fire In Cumberland County: Fire Officials A vehicle fire in the Bumblebee Hollow neighborhood was sparked by a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bethesda, MD
Business
Fires Prompt Recall Of E-Bike Batteries Sold On Amazon, Walmart Fires Prompt Recall Of E-Bike Batteries Sold On Amazon, Walmart
Fires Prompt Recall Of E-Bike Batteries Sold On Amazon, Walmart Tens of thousands of lithium-ion batteries sold with electric bicycles have been recalled…

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by Chris Spiker
Sachem, NY
News
Rule Involving Status Of Popular Carry-On Item Spelled Out By TSA Rule Involving Status Of Popular Carry-On Item Spelled Out By TSA
Rule Involving Status Of Popular Carry-On Item Spelled Out By TSA Before you zip up your suitcase, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants…

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by Joe Lombardi
Havre de Grace, MD
Police & Fire
Heroic Neighbor Saves Dogs, Slows House Fire In Havre De Grace Before Crews Arrive Heroic Neighbor Saves Dogs, Slows House Fire In Havre De Grace Before Crews Arrive
Heroic Neighbor Saves Dogs, Slows House Fire In Havre De Grace Before Crews Arrive A quick-thinking neighbor in Harford County is being credited with…

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by Zak Failla
Bradley Beach-Avon-Belmar, NJ
Business
Household Staples Pulled In Recall Of Items Sold At Costco, Other Retailers Household Staples Pulled In Recall Of Items Sold At Costco, Other Retailers
Household Staples Pulled In Recall Of Items Sold At Costco, Other Retailers A pair of everyday products sold through Costco have been pulled from shelves…

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by Joe Lombardi
Bethesda, MD
Business
Fire Reports Spark Recall Of Battery Packs For Outdoor Equipment Fire Reports Spark Recall Of Battery Packs For Outdoor Equipment
Fire Reports Spark Recall Of Battery Packs For Outdoor Equipment More than 10,000 lithium-ion battery packs for outdoor equipment are being recalled…

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by Chris Spiker
Bethesda, MD
Business
19 Fires, Burn Injuries Spark Massive Recall Of 1.1M+ Portable Chargers 19 Fires, Burn Injuries Spark Massive Recall Of 1.1M+ Portable Chargers
19 Fires, Burn Injuries Spark Massive Recall Of 1.1M+ Portable Chargers More than a million portable phone chargers are being recalled after dozens of…

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by Chris Spiker
Harrison, NY
Police & Fire
Truck Fire: Four Damaged Lithium-Ion Batteries Found Inside In Purchase Truck Fire: Four Damaged Lithium-Ion Batteries Found Inside In Purchase
Truck Fire: Four Damaged Lithium-Ion Batteries Found Inside In Purchase A work truck fire in Westchester led to the discovery of several damaged…

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by Ben Crnic
Bethesda, MD
Business
Ten People Burned By Portable Chargers, Sparking Massive Recall Ten People Burned By Portable Chargers, Sparking Massive Recall
Ten People Burned By Portable Chargers, Sparking Massive Recall More than 27,000 wireless power chargers are being recalled after lithium-ion batteries…

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by Chris Spiker
Yorktown, NY
News
'Significant Concerns': Battery Energy Storage Facilities Banned In Yorktown 'Significant Concerns': Battery Energy Storage Facilities Banned In Yorktown
'Significant Concerns': Battery Energy Storage Facilities Banned In Yorktown Citing fire risks and environmental hazards, a town in Westchester County has…

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by Ben Crnic
Cortlandt, NY
Police & Fire
Lithium Battery Fire Sparks Early Morning Scare At Croton-Harmon Metro-North Yards Lithium Battery Fire Sparks Early Morning Scare At Croton-Harmon Metro-North Yards
Lithium Battery Fire Sparks Early Morning Scare At Croton-Harmon Metro-North Yards An early morning fire at the Metro-North Croton-Harmon Yards…

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by Ben Crnic
Bethesda, MD
News
Portable Chargers Spark Several Fires, Prompting Massive Recall Portable Chargers Spark Several Fires, Prompting Massive Recall
Portable Chargers Spark Several Fires, Prompting Massive Recall A recall was issued for a popular high-capacity phone charger sold on Amazon and other…

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by Chris Spiker
Bethesda, MD
News
Burn Injuries Trigger Massive Recall Of Wireless Phone Chargers Burn Injuries Trigger Massive Recall Of Wireless Phone Chargers
Burn Injuries Trigger Massive Recall Of Wireless Phone Chargers A popular wireless phone charger sold nationwide has been recalled after dozens of…

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by Chris Spiker
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Victim Injured After Power Bank Starts Fire While Charging Phone At Vassar College Dorm Victim Injured After Power Bank Starts Fire While Charging Phone At Vassar College Dorm
Victim Injured After Power Bank Starts Fire While Charging Phone At Vassar College Dorm A lithium-ion battery power bank charging a cell phone sparked a…

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by Ben Crnic
Montgomery Village, MD
Police & Fire
Tesla Battery Ignites In 'Thermal Runaway' Fire At Montgomery County Demolition Site Tesla Battery Ignites In 'Thermal Runaway' Fire At Montgomery County Demolition Site
Tesla Battery Ignites In 'Thermal Runaway' Fire At Montgomery County Demolition Site A Tesla battery buried in debris months after a house fire suddenly…

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by Zak Failla
Aldie, VA
Police & Fire
$679K In Damages Reported After Lithium-Ion Battery Fire At Aldie Home, Officials Say $679K In Damages Reported After Lithium-Ion Battery Fire At Aldie Home, Officials Say
$679K In Damages Reported After Lithium-Ion Battery Fire At Aldie Home, Officials Say A fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery caused nearly $700,000 in…

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by Zak Failla
Peekskill, NY
Police & Fire
Lithium-Ion Battery Sparks Fire Outside Home In Peekskill Lithium-Ion Battery Sparks Fire Outside Home In Peekskill
Lithium-Ion Battery Sparks Fire Outside Home In Peekskill A lithium-ion battery caused a fire outside a Westchester residence early Sunday morning, Feb. 2,…

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by Ben Crnic
Rivertowns, NY
Police & Fire
Burning Lithium Battery Sparks Garbage Truck Fire In Dobbs Ferry Burning Lithium Battery Sparks Garbage Truck Fire In Dobbs Ferry
Burning Lithium Battery Sparks Garbage Truck Fire In Dobbs Ferry Fire crews in Westchester responded to a garbage truck fire after workers spotted smoke…

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by Ben Crnic
Cortlandt, NY
Police & Fire
Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences
Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences Firefighters rushed to two Northern Westchester homes after devices containing…

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by Ben Crnic
Port Chester, NY
Police & Fire
Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester
Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester A garbage truck in Westchester was damaged after a lithium-ion battery sparked a fire…

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by Ben Crnic
Roxbury-Mount Arlington, NJ
Police & Fire
Malfunctioning Battery Causes Scooter Fire: Roxbury FD Malfunctioning Battery Causes Scooter Fire: Roxbury FD
Malfunctioning Battery Causes Scooter Fire: Roxbury FD A malfunctioning lithium ion battery led to a scooter fire in Roxbury Township on the evening of…

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by Sam Barron
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Authorities say a fire that began on the second-story balcony of an apartment in North Andover started when…

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by Josh Lanier
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
E-Scooter Battery Explosion Blamed For Fire That Injured 5 In Chelsea E-Scooter Battery Explosion Blamed For Fire That Injured 5 In Chelsea
E-Scooter Battery Explosion Blamed For Fire That Injured 5 In Chelsea Fire investigators believe a fire that hurt five people over the weekend in Chelsea was…

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by Josh Lanier
Somers, NY
Police & Fire
Smoking Lithium Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Somers Residence Smoking Lithium Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Somers Residence
Smoking Lithium Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Somers Residence Emergency crews raced to a Northern Westchester residence after a…

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by Ben Crnic
Arlington, VA
News
One Injured By Cellphone Explosion At Northwest DC High School One Injured By Cellphone Explosion At Northwest DC High School
One Injured By Cellphone Explosion At Northwest DC High School One person suffered minor injuries when a cellphone exploded inside a Northwest DC high…

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by Zak Failla
Somers, NY
Police & Fire
Lithium Ion Battery Causes House Fire In Somers Lithium Ion Battery Causes House Fire In Somers
Lithium Ion Battery Causes House Fire In Somers Firefighters were dispatched to a Northern Westchester residence after a lithium-ion battery sparked a…

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by Ben Crnic
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many
Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many A fire at a Plainfield apartment building with a history of safety…

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by Cecilia Levine
Chappaqua, NY
Police & Fire
Fire Risk: Electric Car Carefully Removed From Woods After Crashing, Flipping In Millwood Fire Risk: Electric Car Carefully Removed From Woods After Crashing, Flipping In Millwood
Fire Risk: Electric Car Carefully Removed From Woods After Crashing, Flipping In Millwood Crews had to be careful to avoid sparking a fire while removing…

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by Ben Crnic