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Bin lorry goes up in flames as crews battle hours-long blaze sparked by battery

Four fire appliances spent hours containing the blaze after a lithium-ion battery was wrongly discarded, and the lorry is likely to be written off.

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Another waste truck has gone up in flames caused by the wrong disposal of batteries in Uttlesford.

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Bishop's Stortford IndependentBishop's Stortford Independent
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Battery blaze destroys Uttlesford District Council bin lorry in third lithium fire

“It is deeply frustrating, and frankly unacceptable, that yet again lithium‑ion batteries have been found to have caused this fire.”

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Braintree & Witham TimesBraintree & Witham Times
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Bin lorry goes up in flames as crews battle hours-long blaze sparked by battery

Another waste truck has gone up in flames caused by the wrong disposal of batteries in Uttlesford.

·Colchester, United Kingdom
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Braintree & Witham Times broke the news in Colchester, United Kingdom on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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