After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but, 'due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were ...

California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency following the massive blaze that has residents and ...

You might wonder why a regular fire extinguisher, the kind you might have in your home or workplace, can't handle lithium-ion battery fires. SafeQuip, a leading distributor of fire-related equipment, ...

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

The blaze broke out late Thursday at the Monterey County plant that stores and sells power to Pacific Gas & Electric.

Because lithium has a high ignition point, the battery must be cooled to a sub ... which requires massive amounts of water to extinguish," the agency said in a written statement. The fire ignited ...

Scientists at San José State University said Monday that after the huge fire this month, they found unusually high levels of ...

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...

The FDNY Fire Marshal's Office is saying the all-hands fire on Friday morning at 142-33 60 Ave. in Flushing was caused by a ...

Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the ...