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 ...

Exploding e-bike and e-scooter batteries emitting "jet-like flames" and toxic fumes pose an increasingly lethal danger, a probe after a series of fire deaths has heard. An inquiry into the dangers of ...

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 ...

You turn the key and nothing happens. The thermometer reads 10°F and your dashboard is dead black. Your battery is either ...

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