{"id":22391,"date":"2026-03-20T12:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/fire-experts-kept-awake-over-growing-hazard-of-lithium-ion-batteries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:37:53","slug":"fire-experts-kept-awake-over-growing-hazard-of-lithium-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/fire-experts-kept-awake-over-growing-hazard-of-lithium-ion-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire experts \u2018kept awake\u2019 over growing hazard of lithium-ion batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations<\/p>\n<p>Lithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keeps him awake at night, as fire service chiefs warn the ubiquity of the batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/mar\/08\/glasgow-central-station-train-station-rail-disruption\">The blaze<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/glasgow-railway-station-fire-again-shows-vulnerability-of-citys-older-buildings\">devastated a historic building<\/a> in Glasgow and resulted in the continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/mar\/17\/glasgow-central-main-concourse-to-partly-reopen-fire\">closure of Central Station<\/a>, Scotland\u2019s largest rail interchange is believed to have started in a shop selling vapes, which are powered by lithium-ion batteries. The latest data reveals a sharp increase in battery-related fires across Scotland, while firefighters in London attend an e-bike or e-scooter fire every other day.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/20\/fire-experts-losing-sleep-over-growing-hazard-of-lithium-ion-batteries\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0bfe77930d153ac4cf5c9c95f6504185f19dd44b\/887_0_3929_3146\/master\/3929.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=32131a9377da9cc11b5bad01ca46c5cc\" title=\"Fire experts \u2018kept awake\u2019 over growing hazard of lithium-ion batteries\" \/>Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations<br \/>\nLithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keeps him awake at night, as fire service chiefs warn the ubiquity of the batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations.<br \/>\nThe blaze that devastated a historic building in Glasgow and resulted in the continuing closure of Central Station, Scotland\u2019s largest rail interchange is believed to have started in a shop selling vapes, which are powered by lithium-ion batteries. The latest data reveals a sharp increase in battery-related fires across Scotland, while firefighters in London attend an e-bike or e-scooter fire every other day. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations Lithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keeps him awake at night, as fire service chiefs warn the ubiquity of the batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/fire-experts-kept-awake-over-growing-hazard-of-lithium-ion-batteries\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fire experts \u2018kept awake\u2019 over growing hazard of lithium-ion batteries<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22392,"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\/22391"}],"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=22391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}