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EPA orders Gateway Energy Storage to clean up after 2024 lithium-ion battery fire in San Diego
The EPA has ordered Gateway Energy Storage to clean up and dispose of the nearly 15,000 lithium-ion batteries that caught ...
County of Monterey updates recovery efforts after Moss Landing battery facility fire
County of Monterey officials provided updates on recovery efforts following the battery fire at Moss Landing, highlighting ...
Grandmother trapped in Queens pizzeria bathroom dies in e-bike battery fire
The blaze inside Singas Famous Pizza in Flushing was the first fatal fire caused by a lithium-ion battery this year, FDNY ...
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Grandmother is NYC’s first lithium-ion battery fire fatality of 2025 after Flushing pizzeria blaze: FDNY
A 76-year-old grandmother in Flushing became New York City’s first victim this year to die in a fire caused by an exploding ...
Grandma, 76, killed when e-bike battery explodes like ‘blowtorch’ inside NYC pizzeria on Fourth of July: FDNY
Yuet Kiu Cheung, 76, was consumed by the flames when the device erupted just outside the bathroom of Singas Famous Pizzeria on Kissena Boulevard near Cherry Avenue in Flushing around 3 p.m. on the ...
EPA announces settlement on cleanup of Otay Mesa battery fire
EPA orders the Gateway Energy Storage facility to bolster safety measures and monitoring, but the company says the agreement ...
ABS advances lithium-ion battery fire safety with new simulation model
Validated by research from Texas A&M University, the model is said to effectively simulate thermal runaway at the battery ...
2 houses in this Florida county caught fire caused by lithium-ion batteries. Here's what insurance will cover
As fires like the ones in Spring Hill and Brookridge make headlines, it’s clear that lithium-ion batteries are a household ...