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Landfill manager warns of increasing lithium-ion battery fires, urges protective measures
Summary
The county landfill reported a rise in lithium-ion battery fires, called for enhanced PPE and faster suppression options, and requested state coordination on best practices for handling such incidents.
Chris Bolton (title in transcript: landfill presenter) told the commission that lithium-ion batteries are increasingly causing fires at the county landfill and that the county is coordinating with the state to identify best practices and mitigation measures.
Bolton said the landfill is seeing frequent fires — “anywhere from one to two, sometimes three a week” — and that “99% of them are…
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