Lithium-ion batteries can erupt in violent explosions and out-of-control fires, and toxic chemicals can be released rapidly.

These batteries are everywhere – cell phones, laptops, scooters, bikes, power tools and vaping devices. Increasingly, they’re causing fires.

The Chicago Fire Department is raising awareness about the increasing number of fires caused by faulty lithium batteries in ...

The Chicago Fire Department is raising awareness about the increasing number of fires caused by faulty lithium batteries in ...

NanoGraf is working every day on what it says is the most energy-dense battery on the planet at its R&D lab, and federal ...

Rob Rezende was heading home from a hazmat conference in Sacramento when people started texting him about a lithium-ion ...

But warning labels aren’t always put on products and toys with these types of batteries, explained Chief Bobby Craig of the George Hildebran Fire Department. Lithium batteries are common ...

Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be ...

Christopher Martin, the public information officer for the Brockport Fire District, said lithium-ion batteries were involved ... Bergen Fire Department and Chili Fire Department helped at the ...