SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- For months 7 on Your Side has been reporting on the dangers of lithium batteries. They've exploded without warning in some hoverboards, smartphones, laptops and ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

The second major incident that’s come to light since the initial recall occurred in February 2026, when a 47-year-old woman was charging her phone on a plane. The power bank “caught on fire and ...

Officials said the woman had been charging the chair with a non-manufacturer charger, which can overload or overheat a battery.

A report of shattered windows and smoke coming from a Van Nuys apartment building Saturday turned out to be an exploding lithium-ion battery. The explosion was reported at 1:48 p.m. Saturday in a four ...

The incorrect disposal of vapes, in general and recycling waste, is an issue that is costing the waste industry millions of pounds and threatening livelihoods and lives, a company says. One recycling ...

PITTSBURGH — A hybrid vehicle caught fire inside an auto repair facility in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood late Wednesday, leading to the car’s battery exploding. Firefighters were called to ...

The woman watched the electric wheelchair go up in flames in her driveway: "I really couldn't believe it exploded in that manner and with that amount of force, I've never seen anything like it." ...

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 ...