E-scooters, e-bikes and renewable energy storage in the form of batteries are rapidly increasing in popularity, but they’re creating another problem.
The fire at Bouldercombe, in central Queensland, was contained to a single battery pack but caused hazardous smoke to spread across the area.
"I believe that this will just be another thing that we will need to change … to make sure that we don't have more of these incidents occurring, and so it will just be that we're evolving and we're learning."Dr Knibbe said large-scale battery storage site fires like the Bouldercombe incident were rare and more were caused by products like electric vehicles and scooters.
Dr Knibbe said lithium batteries were highly flammable, with fires most commonly caused by poor manufacturing, poor control or high temperatures of the battery.
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