One person was injured after a lithium-ion battery exploded and sparked a fire at an apartment in Boone on Wednesday.

The explosion happened in batteries 13 and 14 on Aug. 11, when a gas valve failed as crews were flushing it, then coke oven ...

The fire broke out around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Finmore Apartments along Shadowline Drive in Boone.

The pressure from the boy’s jaws possibly punctured the battery’s casing, leading to thermal runaway. This resulted in a ...

U.S. Steel said it's planning to restart the Clairton Coke Plant's battery 13, nearly six months after two people were killed ...

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 ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in landfill sites across the UK. When devices are ...

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – A fire at the Finmore apartment complex appears to have been caused by a lithium-ion battery ...