• Tom Ronaldson: Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Community Education Manager on safely using lithium-ion batteries

  • May 8 2025
  • Length: 7 mins
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Tom Ronaldson: Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Community Education Manager on safely using lithium-ion batteries

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  • Warnings to be careful after a string of fires was linked to lithium-ion batteries.

    Scrap metal company Sims Metal has been fined $30 thousand over a 2023 fire that released toxic smoke near Ōtāhuhu.

    A massive blaze at a recycling plant near Glenfield last month was also linked to lithium-ion batteries, as well as a number of fires breaking out in rubbish trucks across the city.

    Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Community Education Manager Tom Ronaldson told Kerre Woodham that lithium-ion batteries are perfectly safe, as long as they’re used correctly.

    He says you should only be charging devices while you’re awake, and unplugged as soon as they’re fully charged.

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