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Everett firefighters are reminding the community about taking certain fire safety measures after a family’s home burned on ...

As of May 5, 2025, authorities have documented multiple incidents across Maryland schools. These reckless acts have caused sparks, smoke, and, in some cases, battery ignition due to thermal ...

Under the new configuration, company officials said, the cooling water would not flow immediately, as soon as a smoke alarm sounded. Instead, they said, water would only start to flow after ...

This gels with experience of the July 2021 thermal runaway incident at the 300 MW/450 MWh Victoria Big Battery in Geelong, ... We have smoke detectors as well.