{"id":16559,"date":"2024-11-14T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/theyve-been-described-as-the-fastest-growing-fire-risk-so-why-do-lithium-batteries-keep-exploding\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:37:50","slug":"theyve-been-described-as-the-fastest-growing-fire-risk-so-why-do-lithium-batteries-keep-exploding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/theyve-been-described-as-the-fastest-growing-fire-risk-so-why-do-lithium-batteries-keep-exploding\/","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019ve been described as the \u2018fastest-growing fire risk\u2019 \u2013 so why do lithium batteries keep exploding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 272 battery-related fires last year, while Victoria and Queensland authorities say they happen almost every day<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A faulty lithium-ion battery in an e-scooter likely caused an intense garage and house fire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.nsw.gov.au\/incident.php?record=recOqX2jjr9QNJlfz\">in Sydney\u2019s south<\/a> on Tuesday, fire investigators have found, the latest in a spate of incidents involving lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<p>In early November, a fire in an apartment in New Farm in inner-city Brisbane is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/queensland\/two-people-treated-as-fire-engulfs-new-farm-unit-20241103-p5kngq.html\">believed by authorities<\/a> to have been sparked by an e-scooter battery. In March, batteries resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2024\/mar\/15\/growing-safety-concerns-over-lithium-ion-batteries-after-four-fires-in-one-day-in-nsw\">four separate fires in a single day<\/a> in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/15\/lithium-ion-battery-explosions-why-fire-risk-e-bikes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/79dc483719d27d1d622fbe62c68f3b8db568f119\/0_162_1080_648\/master\/1080.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7f077c2b1fad4f0c7a113d33ce9dcc61\" title=\"They\u2019ve been described as the \u2018fastest-growing fire risk\u2019 \u2013 so why do lithium batteries keep exploding?\" \/>Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 272 battery-related fires last year, while Victoria and Queensland authorities say they happen almost every day<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>A faulty lithium-ion battery in an e-scooter likely caused an intense garage and house fire in Sydney\u2019s south on Tuesday, fire investigators have found, the latest in a spate of incidents involving lithium-ion batteries.<br \/>\nIn early November, a fire in an apartment in New Farm in inner-city Brisbane is also believed by authorities to have been sparked by an e-scooter battery. In March, batteries resulted in four separate fires in a single day in New South Wales. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 272 battery-related fires last year, while Victoria and Queensland authorities say they happen almost every day Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A faulty lithium-ion battery in an e-scooter likely caused an intense garage and house fire in Sydney\u2019s south on Tuesday, fire investigators &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/theyve-been-described-as-the-fastest-growing-fire-risk-so-why-do-lithium-batteries-keep-exploding\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">They\u2019ve been described as the \u2018fastest-growing fire risk\u2019 \u2013 so why do lithium batteries keep exploding?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}