A quick-thinking homeowner avoided disaster when she took her electric wheelchair out to her driveway in Hollywood, Florida, where it exploded in a ball of flames in the early hours of Sunday, April

A South Florida homeowner heard clicking from a thrifted wheelchair after moving it outside, and the lithium battery exploded, narrowly avoiding a house fire.

A lithium-ion battery explosion may have caused a commercial fire in Rancho Cordova on Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. Firefighters arrived at the fire in the 3200 block of Monier Circle around 2:12 p.

Lithium-ion batteries are common in everyday devices, but Massachusetts fire officials warn they can quickly turn dangerous.

A York County resident avoided disaster after an E-bike's lithium battery exploded in their home and sparked a fire, officials said.

A bike battery exploded in an attached garage of a Club Valley Drive Falmouth home, igniting a fire in the home's main structure on Wednesday. The explosion came after an e-bike lithium-ion battery apparently failed, according to Jake Wark, state Department of Fire Services public information officer.

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 E-cigarettes. RELATED: 7 on Your Side speaks with Cal engineer on ...

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge quickly and efficiently. Sometimes, we barely spare ...

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. Firefighters responding to a basement blaze on Pidgeon Meadow ...