In July 2024, firefighters took two days to extinguish a lithium battery fire that blocked the 15 Freeway to Las Vegas near Barstow. A big rig hauling a load of industrial-grade lithium-ion ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after ...