Francesco Restuccia The IMechE Team Wojciech Węgrzyński 🔥🎙 Danny Hopkin Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 Great talk Francesco!

#BREAKING: A major fire has broken out at a South Korean lithium battery factory and firefighters have found about 20 bodies at the site of the blaze. ab.co/3RFtsvL

Aricell battery factory/warehouse fire in Hwaseong, South Korea. 35,000 lithium battery units inside the building at the time of explosion. Battery Fire Safety 🔥⚡️, Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥💚🇺🇦 the-sun.com/news/11711832/…

Failure of all the 6 layers of protection: prevetion, detection, evacuation, compartmentation, suppression and damage control. What a sad case. We must learn all the lessons. Battery Fire Safety 🔥⚡️

Rechargeable vape enters thermal runaway inside a shop, very lucky it wasn’t in his pocket or in the home whilst in bed. Also puts into perspective the issues facing refuge collection/recycling centres right now!

A fire at a cycle repair shop near #Tottenham is believed to have been caused by the failure of an e-bike lithium battery pack. Lithium batteries can explode if damaged whilst products bought online or second-hand may not meet UK safety standards. orlo.uk/Qd7wj

Today I gave a talk in Hong Kong about the fire challenges of sustainability, with emphasis on tall timber and Li-ion batteries. I am grateful to the organisers of Fire Asia for the invitation and the excellent venue. I am throughly enjoying the event and the city.

#Ongoing Following reports of an American Airlines A321 cabin fire in S. Francisco airport (US). First reports stated 3 injured. Incident occurred as the jet, operating as American Airlines Flight 2045, was taxiing, prompting an evacuation. Media reported fire began on a laptop

Our product safety engineer, Giuseppe Capanna, appeared on BBC Morning Live to discuss e-bike and e-scooter fire risks. He shared safety tips on how to stay safe. Our free #BatteryBreakdown report outlines further solutions: electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/battery-breakd…

🐾 Keep Lithium-Ion Batteries Out of Paws' Reach! Today is National Pet Fire Safety Day, let's talk about lithium-ion batteries and how to keep our best friends safe. While they are usually safe, lithium-ion batteries can be hazardous if damaged, used improperly, or chewed on

Washington DDR Battery Fire: Hazmat Insights on Explosion Hazard

BAKER: #SBCoFD is on scene of a TRUCK FIRE, MM 113 NB I-15. ME53 advising overturned semi with fuel/oil leak, hauling connex of lithium ion batteries. Cargo now burning.  Suppression efforts complicated by contents.   Currently: ▶️ Safety distances established with a hard

On June 27, a 2-alarm fire at 416 Avenue M in Brooklyn was sparked by a lithium-ion battery. Four people were injured, one critically. That person died on Tuesday. This marks the second death related to a lithium-ion battery in NYC this year.

NEW: Dog starts a house fire in Tulsa, Oklahoma after chewing through a portable lithium-ion battery. The Tulsa Fire Department released the following video to warn people about the "dangers of lithium-ion batteries." Two dogs and a cat were filmed hanging out before one

Mechanical abuse of a Li-ion battery bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cg…

Let's talk about a hot topic in emergency services: thermal runaway on electric scooters. What concerns you most when dealing with lithium-ion battery fires in these vehicles? Is it the risk of electric shock, the intense heat and rapid fire spread, or perhaps the toxic fumes

Randy Narine Office of the Fire Marshal Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) OPFFA International Association of Fire Fighters Fire Engineering Canadian Firefighter Magazine OAFE OAFTO Toronto Fire Services CP24 I worry most because this new fire hazard cannot be mitigated with current fire protection technology. Battery ignition breaches prevention because the ignition source is in full contact with the reactive fuel. Fire detection is not fast enough to evacuate people out of danger.

What is being done to overcome the dangers of lithium-ion battery fires? 🤔

Wildfire and battery fires in California. When two fire hazards merge, the uncertainties multiplies and that hurts the safety case. I worry. latimes.com/california/sto…

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