Electric Car Batteries are a Fire Danger in Crashes

The National Safety Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) put consumers on alert about the lithium-ion batteries in certain hybrid vehicles. The warning comes after the battery in General Motors’s Chevrolet Volt started on fire after a crash test. A crash test earlier this year involving the Volt drew the NHTSA’s attention. Six months ago, researchers...

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Airport Worker Suffers Burn Injuries in Explosion

As the holiday travel season approaches, airport safety is at the top of everyone’s mind. Earlier this month, a suitcase on its way from Washington, D.C. exploded at O’Hare and injured an airline employee. In a report at chicagoist.com, there was an industrial battery packed inside the luggage, which accidentally discharged. Emergency personnel, including a...

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