A Florida woman had just seconds to avoid disaster when an electric wheelchair exploded outside her home. On Sunday, April 19, Alexandra Anaya woke up at her Hollywood home because a wheelchair she'd recently bought for a family member from a local thrift store was making a "clicking" noise, reported local NBC affiliate WTVJ .

A quick-thinking homeowner avoided disaster when she took her electric wheelchair out to her driveway in Hollywood, Florida, where it exploded in a ball of flames in the early hours of Sunday, April

An electric wheelchair exploded into flames right outside a Hollywood home, but that homeowner’s quick thinking is being praised by first responders.

Lithium-ion batteries are common in everyday devices, but Massachusetts fire officials warn they can quickly turn dangerous.

A South Florida homeowner heard clicking from a thrifted wheelchair after moving it outside, and the lithium battery exploded, narrowly avoiding a house fire.

An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY officials said Tuesday. Firefighters responding to a basement blaze on Pidgeon Meadow ...

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge quickly and efficiently. Sometimes, we barely spare ...