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Li-Ion Battery Fire
Date of Incident: 1 April 2020
Description:
After cutting some steel on a penstock using a Hitachi battery grinder, the grinder, spare battery and accessories were packed back into a tool bag, in the back of a ute. Several k's down the road a smell of smoke prompted the driver to pull over who then discovered the tool bag on fire. The fire was put out.
Original Safety Alert
