A brand of electric scooters sold at Walmart and Sam's Club is being recalled due to concerns over its lithium-ion batteries. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the batteries can ...

A new state law aims to cut down on dangerous battery fires by expanding how rechargeable batteries get recycled in New York. Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick announced the signing of legislation that ...

The Fire Safety Research Institute team partnered with researchers from UL Solutions to conduct experiments to quantify hazards that are posed in residences when the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery of an ...

Recent fires in an apartment building on Garden Street in New Rochelle, started by explosions of e-scooter batteries, has fire officials warning residents about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries.

City and FDNY inspectors shut down a Queens scooter business that was building dozens of fire-prone lithium-ion batteries — and not a moment too soon, as the batteries began to ignite as firefighters ...

A recent apartment complex fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery found inside an electric scooter, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department. The fire was reported just before 8:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON — It may have seemed like a freak accident Thursday when a cellphone exploded at Roosevelt High School, but the number of fires and injuries involving a lithium-ion battery has been growing ...