People Told to Stay Inside Because of Burnt Battery Problem

The topic is fires.

People were told to stay inside because of a recycling facility with burnt waste that could react with rain.

This is a short version of the story.

Emergency services asked people to stay indoors because of a recycling facility with burnt battery products that could react with rain.

A big fire happened at a battery recycling place on April 12, which was the biggest of its kind in Western Australia.

What happens next?

The fire department will review what happened to help with future responses to lithium battery fires.

Emergency services asked people to stay away from a burnt recycling facility because the burnt battery products could react with water from the forecast rain.

The fire department is still at the Li-ion Energy site in Perth's southeast after a fire broke out on April 12.

The facility had many kinds of batteries, so responders had to use sand and water to put out the fire.

A man was taken to the hospital after a serious fire at a lithium-ion battery recycling facility.

Nine containers were filled with burnt battery products and removed from the location by Monday.

Most of the batteries were removed from the site, and crews worked to divide them into containers and cover them with sand.

During the cleanup, crews found more battery products that were hard to reach because of the collapsed structure.

The material can react when it gets wet, so people were asked to stay away or stay indoors because of forecast rain.

The fire happened at a lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Maddington over a week ago.

It was the largest battery fire in Western Australia, and the fire department will review it to inform future responses.

A fire controller said there would be lessons to learn from the incident.

The incident was complex because it involved many kinds of battery products, making it hard to know what to do.

There will be a review of the incident to understand what happened and provide recommendations for the future.

Schools in Perth's southeast were deemed safe for students after the big lithium-ion battery fire.

Firefighters have seen many lithium-ion battery fires at home and in waste processing facilities.

Another recycling facility caught fire in Brisbane just four days after the one in Perth.

A research company said battery processing is a growing challenge globally.

The CEO of the research company said the Maddington fire would inform future regulations.

Toxic smoke came from the fire.

The CEO said it's hard to get regulations in place to safely manage batteries.

There have been many recycling facility fires in Australia and overseas.

The experiences will lead to new regulations and ways of handling batteries.

A lithium battery in a hoverboard caused a house fire in Ellenbrook last year.

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is monitoring air quality.

Swab samples are being analyzed to check for health risks.

Six public schools in the area were cleaned as a precaution.