SPOKANE, Wash. — Two garbage trucks caught fire in the Spokane area Thursday afternoon. While the city does not know what caused these specific fires, it says most garbage truck fires are started by lithium ion batteries.
“We really have to pay attention to what we put in our waste stream because it can be very dangerous, especially with those lithium ion batteries,” said Spokane communications manager Kirstin Davis. “If something happens, they require a different response, it’s much more technical and much more dangerous.”…