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Over 500 homes under evacuation orders due to La Verne lithium battery fire

Over 500 homes under evacuation orders due to La Verne lithium battery fire
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A day after a fire broke out in a lithium battery storage unit at a Metropolitan Water District of Southern California facility in La Verne, fire officials on Wednesday offered mixed news: The flames appeared to be out, but the burned batteries remained dangerously hot and could still trigger an...

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