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Another warning: We've talked about it before. A house burned down near here a couple days ago because of one. Who can you sue in China?
This is all the info I have:

JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Jerome City Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire early Sunday morning, when they arrived flames were coming from the windows with heavy fire and thick smoke.

The occupants of the home got out safely with minor injuries.

According to a social media post from the department, investigators from Jerome City Fire Department and the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office determined the cause of the fire was due to overheating of a lithium battery for a radio-controlled car that caused a chemical reaction and the battery caught on fire. The blaze gutted the single-family home.

The Jerome Fire Department would like to remind everyone how important it is to have working smoke alarms. If you do not have any, please contact the department and they can help provide them for your home.

Also, if you are ever in a fire, once you have made it out safely, please do not go back in for any reason.

They were assisted by the Jerome Police Department-Idaho, Magic Valley Paramedics, SIRCOMM dispatchers, and the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office and would like to thank them for their assistance.

Another brilliant idea up in smoke!

But they good for the environment, right.

It may be worth considering that they sue themselves for “aggravated stupidity”! They may have a strong case.

Purchasing Lithium batteries is ……..supporting our enemy, contributing to child abuse in the mining process, contributing to more pollution and filling our landfills due to the inability to recycle the batteries, just to name a few things! memtb

With a lot of devices on the market, it's impossible to get anything other than lithiuim. How many of your DeWalt or Milwaukee tools come with alkaline batteries?

Is the bursting into flames something that only occurs while recharging?

You can buy lithium ce3lls that are "protected" and will shut off output if they are over temp or over current. Usually the are butting to cells and advertised as "protected" cells. The protection is not infallible, There are still conditions than are not going to be stopped by the protection circuit, but it does largely eliminate the fir problem. No battery technology is without the capability of starting a fire,
but all can be managed with a little thinking.

No, if it gets shorted out it can overheat and burn then too.

Generally charging and physical damage.

Nope, they can burn at any time. Peoples cell phones have exploded in their pockets. Lithium batteries can catch fire. They arent something that should be left unattended in any way

They need to start selling steel boxes to put your lithium battery devices in when not supervised.

Do you have one that can fit a Tesla? Asking for a friend...

I don’t have the link but a 5 story New York City apartment house went to 3 alarms due to a scooter battery.

I just attended a fire fighter conference with one of the subjects being lithium batteries and the way they short and self destruct. No good answers but copious amounts of water. They are the gifts that keep on giving.

Park it in the driveway. I guess you can have a concrete garage, too.

Funny you say that. I use an old steel tool box for my milwaukee chargers. That way if the battery being charged malfunctions it doesn't have a wood shelf to further the damage and catch the rest of my shop on fire.

There have been many fires caused by e-bikes and scooters. People bring them inside at night for safekeeping and to recharge them. In cities, every apartment has at least 1.

It says 'toward enemy'. What happens if you DON'T point it a government official?

They worked real well in Florida when cars were flooded during the Hurricanes. Just burst into flames and almost impossible to put out.

1st I've heard of this, thanks!!