Garbage truck explosion caused by lithium battery
See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire
Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often putting the fire out. The driver of the burning truck had tried this, but the maneuver failed. Apparently, some of the flammable material got under the slide bar of the compactor, spreading the fire further into the truck.
Fire department identifies cause of Arlington Heights garbage truck explosion
Officials in Arlington Heights have found a cause for a garbage truck explosion that injured three first responders in December. According to Arlington Heights fire chief Lance Harris, the fire inside the garbage truck likely started because a lithium ion battery was improperly thrown away,
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