A car was found engulfed in flames originating from the lithium battery-powered electric scooter in the trunk.

The Honolulu Fire Department has determined that a blaze in McCully over the weekend was caused by a lithium-ion battery from an e-scooter. The case has been classified as accidental.

HFD investigators determined the McCully fire, which caused $248,000 in damage, was accidental and started by a lithium-ion battery from an unplugged e-scooter.

No injuries were reported, but the damage is estimated at $248,000.

Recent fires in an apartment building on Garden Street in New Rochelle, started by explosions of e-scooter batteries, has fire officials warning residents about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries.

An electric scooter battery exploded Monday morning, causing a fire at a Northwest Portland apartment complex, Portland Fire & Rescue said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire with a handheld water ...

FOREST HILLS, Queens (WABC) -- An e-scooter shop in Forest Hills, Queens, was discovered selling and even manufacturing lithium-ion batteries, the FDNY said Thursday. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh ...

PHOENIX – Investigators are working to determine if an e-scooter battery was the cause of a Phoenix apartment fire Tuesday morning. Crews saw heavy fire and smoke coming from a second-story unit as ...