"Flames started to shoot out of the sides like a Catherine wheel," Andrew says. A Japanese safety institute released a video that serves as a graphic reminder of the danger posed by damaged lithium-Ion batteries. Those include an April 2015 fire that destroyed a home in Stoke, blamed on a lithium-ion battery left charging in the garage. Smoke was reported coming from two of the large batteries used in the Electron rocket. A March 2021 house fire in Wanaka, which fire investigators pegged on a lithium-ion battery exploding during a power tool recharge in the garage.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 04, 2021 03:00 UTC