{"id":450589,"date":"2026-09-02T02:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450589\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:50:11","slug":"how-to-safely-handle-lithium-ion-batteries-and-prevent-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450589\/","title":{"rendered":"How to safely handle lithium-ion batteries and prevent fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788317411_622_origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 1, 2026 10:49PM<\/p>\n<p>Lithium-ion batteries can be found inside everyday items such as smartphones and electric vehicles. They can also be extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Lithium-ion batteries can be found inside everyday items such as smartphones and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They can also be extremely dangerous &#8212; posing a fire risk if not handled properly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We spoke to a representative from UL Research Institutes about the warning signs to watch out for and the steps to prevent disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">You can learn more about the work of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/ul.org\/institutes-offices\/electrochemical-safety\/#know-your-battery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UL Research Institutes by going to their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, September 1, 2026 10:49PM Lithium-ion batteries can be found inside everyday items such as smartphones and electric&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[178202,112,114,113,167565],"class_list":["post-450589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-178202","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-no-badge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}