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Fire department warns about charging batteries after 2 house fires in Blue Springs
KMBC News ^ | June 30, 2022 | Brian Johnson

Posted on 07/01/2022 10:10:11 AM PDT by gitmo

Authorities said two recent fires in Blue Springs were both caused by lithium-ion batteries that are commonly found in most homes.

No one was hurt in the fires.

Rechargeable batteries are found in a variety of products. The fire department said to make sure your smoke detectors work and take action.

The pictures show what's left of a Dyson vacuum that caught fire from a third-party battery purchased on Amazon. The fire started in the primary bedroom closet while the family was at home.

"They burn at really high heat. It takes a lot of water," said fire Capt. Derrick Llewellyn, of the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District.

Llewellyn said that two months earlier a hoverboard caught fire while charging.

In the case of the vacuum, the family did everything right. They matched the battery specifications. A Dyson product was months out and so they went with Amazon.

"It's one of those that has the charging system that screws to the wall and then plugs in so it's convenient," Llewellyn said.

The fire department says it is best to replace batteries with original ones straight from the manufacturer.

"We all have these items around our house," Llewellyn said.

Authorities said that if you do go with a third-party battery, take precautions. Unplug them at night. Take the batteries off the charger after they're finished. The fire department fears it will respond to more fires caused by batteries in the future.

"I think we'll see more because as you know, we are starting to see a lot of things work off of these lithium-ion batteries," Llewellyn said.

Experts said to never charge a device on a bed, couch or near other things that can catch fire. Keep batteries at room temperature and out of direct sunlight. They also recommend homeowners stop using batteries if they get too hot, change color, or produce an unusual


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KEYWORDS: batteries; charging; fires; gasolineneverburns; lithiumbatteries; lithiumionbatteries; ohnoz
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To: Seruzawa
😁 you mean stop buying" chinesium" .

Most People are cheap,( and morons) the original batteries are priced like they are made of solid gold or are "unubtanium". They burn their house down but save $50 bucks.

21 posted on 07/01/2022 12:22:49 PM PDT by Ikeon (A man who would cut off his junk would gladly help someone cut off yours. )
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To: NWFree

Lithium batteries - the gift that keeps on burning
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They do seem to be CCP timebombs.


22 posted on 07/01/2022 12:48:27 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: cuz1961

Go ahead, try and find where to responsibly dispose of an lithium ion battery legally,,,,

,,,, I’ll wait.

( hint: there is no place )


23 posted on 07/01/2022 1:22:37 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Rebelbase

I bought a fireproof bag to charge my small Li batteries in. You are supposed to be in the same room with them all the time too, just in case. I don’t, but I don’t charge them overnight anymore.

If I cleaned out my downstairs fireplace that would be a good place to charge them.


24 posted on 07/01/2022 1:25:46 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: gitmo

I use small rechargeable batteries, one resting on top of each ear about 16 hours per day.


25 posted on 07/01/2022 1:33:14 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

I used to. But I got disgusted with them and threw them out.


26 posted on 07/01/2022 1:33:58 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: petitfour

and away from the servants quarters


27 posted on 07/01/2022 1:41:31 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: TexasGator

But they burn at lithium temperatures... see this wapo article on a tesla S fire... https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/22/tesla-fire-sacramento/


28 posted on 07/01/2022 1:46:20 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: gitmo

OTOH, I’ve never had an undamaged electrical cord spontaneously erupt in flames.

There’s a place for battery-powered stuff.
Vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers ain’t that place.

The idolators of battery power are one of the more hardcore bands of zealots on the Earth.


29 posted on 07/01/2022 2:53:34 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: Waverunner
"But they burn at lithium temperatures... "

Gasoline burns at 3x higher temperature compared to lithium:


30 posted on 07/01/2022 3:06:43 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: D Rider

Millions of Teslas are parked, and charged, in garages every day. We don’t hear about thousands of Tesla fires, do we?


31 posted on 07/01/2022 3:39:56 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: dinodino

you really trust the enemedia???...


32 posted on 07/01/2022 3:56:17 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: dinodino

Just the upcoming warning label that the lawyers will require. And another thing for your insurance agent to charge you for, after all Teslas are owned by people with nice houses...


33 posted on 07/01/2022 4:26:07 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: cuz1961

I take them to work and put them in the “battery recycling bin”.

Works a charm...


34 posted on 07/01/2022 5:10:05 PM PDT by Kommodor (Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
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To: heavy metal

Well, I’ve owned Teslas for a few years, and never had a fire, nor have my Tesla-owning friends...


35 posted on 07/01/2022 5:44:08 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: Kommodor

Works a charm
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Can I send you mine ?

/-)

I called my local dump, they said no.

They gave me a local battery recycle number , I called, answering machine , leave number, never called back.

Went online to their website. Asked for zip. It gave me another web link, that gave only car battery recycle drop off places.

Used the online questions chat bot, asked specifically about lithium battery disposal, it sent me back to car battery recyclers.

Dead ends everywhere I tried locally. Went physically to local fire dept and asked them, they refered me to local waste management company , where I started from at the beginning. Even asked them to take it for fire training /-), he didn’t think that was as funny as I did, and said no.

I’m at a dead end.

It was a auto jumper battery that last time I charged it , it swelled up and split the case apart. The literature that came with it says if it swells it is dangerous , not to use and to legally dispose of it.


36 posted on 07/01/2022 6:38:18 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: cuz1961

Laptop batteries swell up all the time. I have gotten calls at the Help Desk I use to work at and we used primarily Dell. The motherboard, touchpad and sometimes the shell has to be replace as it warps and melts.

Photos of battery laptop fires.
http://tinyurl.com/4uv2fp49

Laptop battery swelling damage
http://tinyurl.com/48952p97

Cell phone fires
http://tinyurl.com/43us3jab

Tesla battery fires
http://tinyurl.com/39vyp6ax

Common among all is lithium batteries and I bet Chinese manufacturing ‘standards’.


37 posted on 07/01/2022 8:25:59 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: cuz1961

Okay, so, sorry - didn’t see your message, wasn’t paying attention, etc.

So, the right answer (depending on how you look at it) ...

Yeah, I just did a search, and the thing I was going to suggest (salt water immersion) is being pooh-poohed. I don’t know if that means it’s wrong, or if it’s media being media.

Anyway. We’re talking lithium, right?

Well, you put it in your Tesla and drive somewhere nice and deserted, and ... No, that’s not it.

Honestly, I used to do R/C airplanes, and I have a bunch of them I should get rid of. I’ve been dropping them off one or two at a time, here and there, in part because I know the risks and don’t want any true negative consequences, you know.

(being euphemistic there)

But yeah, the standard answer I read back in the day was dump them in a bucket of salt water (somewhere safe) and leave them for a day or two, then just throw them out. The salt water would leach the energy out of them so that they would end up inert, or so was the theory.

This video https://youtu.be/-Wn9kEMU5dk describes the process ... I’m surprised the damaged battery hadn’t previously burst into flames on the guy.

Anyway, once you’ve done this, they should be safe to just throw out.

Best of luck to you!


38 posted on 07/06/2022 2:12:03 AM PDT by Kommodor (Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
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