Some local fire departments tell 2 News Oklahoma that fires involving lithium-ion batteries are difficult to put out, and they’re happening more frequently across the Tulsa metro.
But one of them showed us a new tool they’re testing out, which they said douses those kinds of fires quicker.
“We are seeing a great increase in these lithium-ion fires in the community, whether it’s a cell phone or some other handheld device or something like that, or maybe your kid’s scooter,” said Broken Arrow Fire Chief Jeremy Moore. “And we’re also seeing, obviously, on electric vehicles.”…