⁣🚨#watch: As a major fire breaks out at a recycling Lithium Battery plant triggering massive explosions leading to mandatory evacuations

📌#fredericktown | #missouri watch as numerous fire departments rush to the scene of a major fire at a lithium battery recycling plant in Fredericktown, Missouri, earlier this evening. The blaze, which broke out at the 225,000-square-foot facility owned by Critical Mineral Recovery, led to shelter-in-place advisories and mandatory evacuation orders in the surrounding area. According to its website, the company uses this facility to “recycle lithium-ion battery materials from battery manufacturers, automotive OEMs, battery dealers, recyclers, and processors worldwide,” describing it as “one of the largest lithium-ion battery processing facilities in the world.” All plant workers have been safely accounted for, with only minor injuries reported

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An Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Fires in Waste Management and Recycling

https://www.epa.gov/system/fil....es/documents/2021-08

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