Three truck fires. One cause: batteries

Three truck fires. One cause: batteries

This week, a routine garbage collection turned dangerous again. A battery tossed in the trash ignited inside one of our trucks, marking a third fire since the start of the year. The photos above shows what’s left of a lithium-ion battery pack commonly found in items like power tools, laptops, e-bikes, and wireless devices. When these batteries are crushed during collection, they can spark instantly and start a fire. And this is what happens once