Massachusetts alone has experienced 50 lithium-ion battery fires in the last six months. That’s more than double the national average, according to Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine. The state ...

A tractor trailer carrying lithium ion batteries caught on fire Thursday morning in Columbus, causing several neighborhoods in the area to be evacuated and the closure of four interstate exit ramps.

Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly after 7 a.m. and closed off several highway exits near the Scioto River. Officers went door-to-door to alert residents about ...

The state Department of Fire Services has identified 50 lithium-ion battery fires in Massachusetts over the past six months, more than double the annual average documented by a national fire ...

Firefighters across Massachusetts are facing the “nearly impossible” task of extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires much more often, according to new state data showing that such blazes have ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a truck carrying lithium-ion batteries caught fire in Franklinton on Thursday morning, the Columbus Fire Department was ready. “Last year we had an outside company come ...

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There is a marked increase in the number of fires in Massachusetts caused by lithium-ion batteries that power ... two cellphones and a flashlight. The laptop situation was unusual, said Roche ...

A tractor trailer carrying lithium ion batteries caught on fire Thursday morning in Columbus, causing several neighborhoods in the area to be evacuated and the closure of four interstate exit ramps.

A tractor trailer carrying lithium ion batteries caught on fire Thursday morning in Columbus, causing several neighborhoods in the area to be evacuated and the closure of four interstate exit ramps.

A tractor trailer carrying lithium ion batteries caught on fire Thursday morning in Columbus, causing several neighborhoods in the area to be evacuated and the closure of four interstate exit ramps.