Cause of Toronto shelter fire not known, but lithium-ion batteries ‘involved’: TFS
Global News Canada · Published 2h ago
When the batteries heat up, some can enter what the UL Research Institutes call a 'thermal runaway,' an uncontrollable, self-heating state that can lead to combustion.
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