Two battery fires break out in Hampshire following batteries being disposed of incorrectly
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The rubbish was removed from the vehicle, which allowed the fire crews to extinguish the fire which had sparked from the battery of an electrical device. After dampening down the contents firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to check the remainder of the rubbish.
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Hide AdLess than an hour later, Cosham crews were called to a waste depot after a lithium-ion battery caught alight, with the resulting fire spreading across a five-tonne pile of household recycling.
The bin crew returned to the depot where they emptied the pile out onto the yard, before firefighters were able to remove the battery, which was in thermal runaway, and they submerged it in water.