Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device ...

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Modesto Fire Station 5 was temporarily closed Wednesday morning after a lithium-ion battery fire filled the station with smoke, fire officials said. According to the Modesto Fire Department, crews ...

Lithium-ion batteries are found in everything from smartphones to cars, and while they are generally very safe if stored and charged correctly, there are thousands of documented cases of them catching ...

Across the western U.S., wildfires and the dangerous smoke that results have increased in frequency and intensity since the 1990s—that much is clear. Surprisingly less clear are the exact reasons why: ...

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A perplexing and frustrating issue, leaving drivers of several popular new GM vehicles stranded with dead batteries, has an unusually simple culprit: spare change. A newly issued GM service bulletin ...

At least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker ‍went ‍on a rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei. The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs at Taipei's ...

Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors save lives – a fact proven locally twice in the past month. Junction Fire Company Chief ...

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