It was time for a family photo at a recent holiday gathering in Flat Rock when a young person whipped out a portable ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...

At first glance, this battery looked like a breakthrough in portable power. But deep inside its structure was a flaw so severe that researchers considered shutting down the entire project. Under ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

A lithium laptop battery exploded and sparked a massive blaze that ravaged a Southside Estates home, leaving a disabled veteran and his family displaced.

Though the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) both assured us last summer that phones are quite safe, some people still can’t catch a break. We’ve learned of ...

An electric wheelchair’s lithium-ion battery exploded inside a Columbia home on Friday night. Columbia firefighters responded to reports of the explosion and a residential structure fire in the 4100 ...