How much of a fire risk are lithium-ion batteries?

Big Island Fire Department Chief Todd Kazuo said he’s dealt with countless fires started by lithium-ion batteries, which have led to “significant dangers for first responders.”

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[cunninglycalculated]

I have worked in cellular for many years doing cellphone repair. many repairs were on bloated batteries. customers would regularly overcharge their phone by leaving it plugged in over night while they sleep which is very dangerous.safest practice when charging any device is to keep an eye on it and remove it from the charger as soon as it is close to or completely charged. Samsung phones actually have a setting to keep it from overcharging and only charge to 85% which is useful to help extend battery longevity and mitigate fire risk.

[ThumbdownMan]

Stick to the big ebike brands like Segway, Giant, Niu.... They're listed on the stock market.

[gerbilman]

Welp, there goes my thoughts on getting e-bike to commute to work. Looks like will be old school kick scooter for me.

[KeepItSimpleSailor]

There’s increasing numbers of reports globally of lithium batteries catching fire, including when not charging.

[ichigobankai]

Lithium, majority comes from Chile, the same place that had a huge fire similar to the Lahaina fires. hmmmm LOL

[jorgej]

that's why some asian nations are developing and using Sodium Batteries. Sodium Maybe heavier but they won't melt metals when catches on fire or unstable.

[gregh]

i've bought so many of those cheap china "replacement" batteries for iphone on ebay and the most i've ever gotten is 1 year out of them before they swell up and push the screen up. It's cheap junk and with bigger batteries i wouldn't risk burning my house down

[diveanddine]

the only one that can save us from big lithium is battery bill 😂

[Venom_killa]

Don’t get a vr that much either cuz vr meta quest 2 use lithium batteries

[pigdroppings]

What about lithium-ion batteries on airplanes?
How much danger is there if a computer laptop lithium-ion batterie catches fire in the overhead baggage on an airplane???

[honda]

Trying to promote your business eh, Battery Bill 🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆

[johnfrombrm]

How much damage have the VACCINES caused?