How to Prevent a Lithium-ion Battery Fire in Your Home

A lithium-ion battery that caught fire

Pete and his family say the pictures of their destroyed Illinois home don’t do the damage justice. At one a.m., on a night like any other one, the non-manufacturer’s battery on their stick vacuum overheated and exploded in their laundry room. “The fire was violent and reached over 500 degrees, enough to melt the blades […]