HONOLULU (KHON2) — A trash fire on the morning of March 31 caused by a common household item prompts a message from officials to properly dispose lithium-ion batteries to prevent a potentially dangerous situation.
Gray smoke billowed from a large pile of trash as firefighters tried to put it out along Heeia Street in Kaneohe.
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The Honolulu Fire Department confirmed they responded to the incident after a refuse truck driver saw smoke coming from his load and dumped it. Roger Babcock, director of the Department of Environmental Services, said it’s been taken care of.
“All cleaned up now, and we have the material that we think started the fire,” Babcock said. “We’re trying to figure out what it is. It’s something, some sort of lithium-ion device, that we’re not familiar with.”…