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US recalls 5,000 portable vaporizers after lithium-ion batteries can explode, catch fire

Charged near beds, couches, and other flammable materials.

Electronic cannabis vapes sold nationwide recalled after reports of battery explosion

Federal safety officials are urging consumers to stop using the devices immediately after four reports of batteries catching fire or exploding.

Battery explosions prompt recall of 5,000 Arizer Solo III vaporizers

Arizer Tech has recalled 5,000 electronic vaporizers after receiving four reports that the battery exploded or ignited. The Arizer Solo III device recall applies only to the intergalactic/black color.
WSOC-TV

NC attorney general asks State Supreme Court to hear exploding vape battery case

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is urging the state Supreme Court to hear a case of a man who was seriously hurt from an exploding vape battery. Jackson filed an amicus ...

Scots shopping centre evacuated over ‘battery explosion’ as police & fire crews race to scene

A SCOTS shopping centre was last night evacuated after a suspected phone battery explosion. Mercy crews were scrambled to the ...
The Guardian

Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain

Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue It is 2pm and Ana, 47, has just started the afternoon shift at the Suez recycling plant ...