Olathe garbage truck fire blamed on improperly disposed lithium ion battery

FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV— A spokesperson for the City of Olathe says a lithium ion battery is behind the fire that damaged one of their garbage trucks last week.

Cornwall Live—Lithium-ion battery fire breaks out in back of Cornwall bin lorry. The blaze has sparked a warning from the fire service and Cornwall Council

TechSpot—A battery that can recharge in seconds: Researchers use supercapacitor parts to build a new type of sodium-ion battery. Sodium-ion batteries aren't new, but they've only started to gain traction in recent years. Compared to their lithium counterparts, the materials used in sodium batteries are far more abundant (up to 1,000 more plentiful) and affordable. They are also much safer than lithium-ion batteries, and can be discharged to 0VRead Entire Article

KRQE News 13—Sunland Park crews put out truck on fire in desert. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Sunland Park Fire Department put out a truck fire late Saturday night, April 27, according to the department's X account. Firefighters from Sunland Park were dispatched just before 11 p.m. Saturday to the desert area along the 200 block of Lonnie Street. When they arrived, they found a truck []