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UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours

5 points by wrxd ago | 1 comments

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A couple months ago, an electric vehicle caught on fire in a garage a few doors down in San Francisco. It was not charging at the time (4am). No one injured but 3 floors of tenants had to move out. Anecdotal sure, but close to home for me.