Fires caused by lithium batteries confuse firefighters
Last July, an electric transit bus in Connecticut burst into flames while parked in a depot. A month later, an electric scooter started a fire inside a New York City apartment that killed a 5-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman. And last month, a fire believed to have been caused by the batteries of an electric scooter. engulfed a multi-family home in Brockton, Massachusetts.Lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous feature in new forms of transportation and common household products. They are also found in residential solar power systems. But when those batteries fail or overheat, they release toxic and flammable…
