Vape, lithium battery fires?

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The suggestion that Glasgow's massive fire yesterday was caused by vape batteries got me thinking.
Ds is a vaper. He shouldn't be, but he's 19, I cant stop him.

But I can stop him having these dangerous batteries in our house. I'm going to get him to have a clear out today and take used ones to be recycled.

Is anyone else having a bit of a re-think about these batteries today? I know the risk of one spontaneously igniting must be small but the results seem to be quite disastrous in proportion to the size of the battery.

Or maybe I'm being a drama queen and the risk is really very small.

IMO you are not being a drama queen. I work in fire safety and I don't leave anything on charge overnight or unattended 🤣 I drive my DH mad. Vapes are a significant risk!

It’s the same batteries that are in laptops & smartphones, wireless speakers etc.

If you think lithium ion batteries are too dangerous to have in your house you are goigng to have to throw away your phone, laptop, tablet, headphones, power tools to mention just a few.

How many of these things do we have just lying around in old tech though? It’s scary to think about it.

Those lithium batteries are a bloody death trap.
A friend of mine had his electric scooter in his garage. The battery ignited and burned his garage down.

Fire Safety and Lithium Batteries: What You Need to Know | British Safety Council