What Sparked the Arizona Battery Fire? LG Chem Has a Different Version

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By info@greentechmedia.comAug 24, 2020, 9:15 am229 pts
The grid battery fire in Arizona last year ended with an explosion, but disagreement has emerged on how exactly it began. Owner Arizona Public Service recently concluded that a defect in a single lithium-ion battery cell caused it to heat up, triggering a chain reaction that destroyed a whole rack and released…

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