With temperatures on the rise, warnings about fire hazards are also on the increase, but there is one fire danger source that you might not be aware of – embedded batteries.
An embedded battery is a small battery that is placed permanently within an item and often buried deep within the device with no easy way of being removed.
Embedded batteries are a real danger, with three fires having been reported as a result of batteries being incorrectly disposed of in kerbside bins in the Central West in the last month alone…