Aussie Firefighters Warn of Lithium Battery Vehicle Fire Danger
19 hours ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall
Mike Gallagher, CEO of Ports Australia – “You can’t put them out. So you can imagine it on the street if you can’t put them out, imagine them on a vessel out at sea or in a port.”
Warning over electric scooter and bike batteries amid daily fires
By 9 News Staff 8:24pm Sep 22, 2024
Fire crews are noting a spate of explosions caused by lithium batteries found in e-scooters and e-bikes – and it could even happen when they’re being shipped to shops.
“The fires we’re encountering almost on a daily basis are from our smaller e-scooters, e-bikes type of batteries,” Darren Mallouk from Queensland Fire Department’s Investigation Unit told 9News.
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