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Warnings to be careful after a string of fires was linked to lithium-ion batteries.
Scrap metal company Sims Metal has been fined $30 thousand over a 2023 fire that released toxic smoke near 艑t膩huhu.
A massive blaze at a recycling plant near Glenfield last month was also linked to lithium-ion batteries, as well as a number of fires breaking out in rubbish trucks across the city.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Community Education Manager Tom Ronaldson told Kerre Woodham that lithium-ion batteries are perfectly safe, as long as they鈥檙e used correctly.
He says you should only be charging devices while you鈥檙e awake, and unplugged as soon as they鈥檙e fully charged.
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