Handbag with ‘Fully Functional’ Grenades Found During B.C. Police Search

BC RCMP Find ‘Fully Functional’ Grenades in Handbag During Home Search

Police in northern B.C. say they had to evacuate an apartment complex after “fully functional” hand grenades were found while officers were executing a search warrant during a drug investigation. Prince George RCMP said the incident happened while they conducted searches at multiple locations around the city on June 6 and June 7. The searches were an effort to make a “sizeable dent” in the illegal drug trade in the city, RCMP said in a June 24 r…

E-battery explosions cause rising concerns in Vancouver and across B.C.

Vancouver firefighters are now answering more than 50 calls a year to deal with rechargeable batteries exploding. Here are some safety tips.

Explosive trend: Fires caused by lithium ion batteries on the rise in B.C.

8 such fires in Surrey so far this year, Vancouver seeing an average 20% increase each year

Handbag with ‘fully functional’ grenades found during B.C. police search

Mounties in Northern B.C. had to evacuate a building and call in the explosive disposal unit while executing a search during a drug trafficking investigation earlier this month.

Lithium battery failure likely cause of Walkerville-area garage fire that burned 1 man

Fire officials say it ended up causing around $100,000 in damage in the area around Moy Avenue and Hanna Street East.

A NEW EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES: INVESTIGATION OF FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTINGUISHING AGENTS

This study investigates fire incidents in lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and evaluates the effectiveness of extinguishing agents unde…