Firefighters say rechargeable batteries can ignite trash fires.

An illegally discarded oxygen tank caused an explosion inside a Whitehall garbage truck Wednesday, city officials said in a ...

Rafael Pozo was on his daily Arlington Heights mail route during the late afternoon of Dec. 6, 2024, when he noticed a garbage truck that was smoking. Flames soon started shooting 15 feet from the top ...

A DSNY spokesperson told News 12 that the fire was “likely caused by a lithium battery” that exploded while the truck ...