A runaway thermal event severely injured four firefighters and prompted major changes to how battery energy storage sites are built and monitored.

MORRISTOWN, NJ, UNITED STATES, March 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As concerns around property protection and data ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Paul Rogers, cofounder of Energy Safety Response Group and former battery subject-matter expert for the FDNY. Every day in America, nearly 3,800 fires break out ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday Gateway Energy Storage will be required to clean up after a lithium-ion battery fire at a San Diego storage ...

More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a settlement with Gateway Energy Storage, LLC — the company that operates a battery facility in Otay Mesa where a stubborn fire smoldered ...

SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...

Storing items safely is something I didn't always pay enough attention to, especially when fire safety was concerned. Over time, I learned that even small mistakes in how things are stored can lead to ...

Fire-protection systems are designed to operate immediately when triggered”— Christopher Echeverria NEW ORLEANS, LA, ...

Gaithersburg, MD – The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, invites fire protection engineering ...

TIMELINE.. AND WHETHER OR NOT WE KNOW THE CAUSE.. THE VISTRA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY THAT BURNED AND SMOLDERED FOR DAYS.. IS NOW 12 MONTHS INTO A CLEANUP AND RECOVERY PROCESS.. WITH A LONG ...