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 ...

There is a marked increase in the number of fires in Massachusetts caused by lithium-ion batteries that power items like electric cars, smartphones and e-bikes. The state Department of Fire ...

The fire was discovered at around 6 a.m., but the back of the smoking trailer wasn't opened until around 9 a.m. because authorities were determining the best way to extinguish the blaze.

There were no injuries. People were evacuated from their homes for several hours Thursday morning when a lithium-ion battery fire inside a semitruck in Columbus prompted a hazmat response.

As for the statewide increase, a new tool called the Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Investigative Checklist tracked the hike. “We knew anecdotally that lithium-ion batteries were involved in more fires than ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion ...

for several hours today out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries to explode. Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly after ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion ...

Fire in Truck Carrying Lithium Ion Batteries Leads to 3-Hour Evacuation ... The fire was discovered at around 6 a.m., but the back of the smoking trailer wasn't opened until around 9 a.m. because ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion ...

for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries to explode. Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly ...