SEOUL--A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, ...

Lithium-ion battery fires are occurring at a higher rate across the US, according to a federal government study, showing an increase by 10-percent, year-over-year, for the last five years. The ...

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.

NAGOYA--In the wake of a recent spate of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries, a research team from Nagoya University here ...

Because of the fire hazard, some residential buildings have banned e-bikes. Last summer, the New York City Housing Authority sought to prohibit tenants in all of its 335 developments from keeping or ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke ...

Melbourne firefighters fear a rise in the irresponsible use of lithium batteries could turn deadly after a major spike in fires last year. Data released in the latest Fire Rescue Victoria annual ...

The dangers of exploding lithium-ion batteries in mobile phones, laptops, vapes and electric bicycles has come under the spotlight as a Tipner waste recycling centre gets ready to reopen after a ...