Fire crews tackled a blaze at a vacant factory site. Devon and Somerset Fire Service was called at 12:42 GMT to a fire at the former Oscar Mayer site in Furnham Road, Chard, which closed in 2021.

The fire is located in the northern part of the sate some 300 miles (500 km) north of the wildfires in Los Angeles. The plant contains tens of thousands of lithium ... from the factory’s owners ...

A fire station has shared dramatic photos of a large fire which broke out at a former factory site in Somerset. The blaze began at around 12.40pm today (January 2) at the Oscar Mayer site in Chard ...

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A LARGE fire at a factory in Chard, reported to the Devon and Somerset fire and rescue services on January 2, was found by emergency services to have been started deliberately. “We believe the fire ...

MULTIPLE calls were received by Devon and Somerset fire and rescue services at 12.42pm today with reports of a serious building fire in Chard. Fire crews from Chard and Ilminster stations were called ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

A lithium fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday night forced evacuations in Northern Monterey County and continues to burn. Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas-powered electricity ...

A lithium fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday night forced evacuations in Northern Monterey County and continues to burn. Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas-powered electricity ...

The fire at the 300-megawatt lithium storage facility destroyed most of the building and its contents, according to county fire officials. The storage facility is a part of a natural gas-powered ...