As e-bikes and scooters become more popular in Chicago, fires from exploding lithium-ion batteries may increase.

An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY officials said Tuesday.

Lithium battery bags do work, but only to contain fires, not prevent them. For most users, they’re an inexpensive safeguard ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- For months 7 on Your Side has been reporting on the dangers of lithium batteries. They've exploded without warning in some hoverboards, smartphones, laptops and ...

For the second time in the last 20 months, FDNY firefighters battled a fire at an e-bike store in South Richmond Hill on ...

NEW YORK — An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a residential home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY ...

According to the scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) of Germany, a certain phenomenon occurs when charging lithium-ion batteries that greatly leads to short circuit and reduced ...

The following day, Exeter City Council said the blaze had been caused by an exploding vape battery and issued advice for people about disposing vapes. A similar incident happened in October 2024 when ...

Hundreds of mobile phones on board a passenger bus that collided with a motorcycle in India intensified a deadly fire in ...

The International Air Transport Association outlines seven rules for carrying mobile phones, laptops, power banks and other ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.