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Firefighters confirm North Bondi fire started by fault lithium ion battery
Fire and Rescue NSW investigators have confirmed a fire in North Bondi, Sydney early this morning was sparked by a faulty Lithium-ion battery.
(We had this in the blog a bit earlier this morning here).
Four tourists from South America were asleep inside a unit on Curlewis Street when a blaze broke out just before 4am, FRNSW said. One of them was woken by the sound of small explosions, and alerted the other occupants before fleeing the smoke-filled building.
Two people were forced to escape through a window, FRNSW said, while 14 people in adjoining units were evacuated as a precaution.
FRNSW firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, with damage contained to the unit in which it started.
As a result of the fire, the occupants have lost all their personal possessions, including passports, phones and bank records, but have acknowledged to fire crews they were lucky to escape with their lives.
Investigations have established an e-bike battery was left on-charge in a bedroom and ignited, sparking the fire.
NORTH BONDI | Faulty Lithium-ion battery sparks unit fire in Sydney’s east – VIDEO. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators today have confirmed a fire at North Bondi, in Sydney’s east, was sparked by a faulty Lithium-ion battery.
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— Fire and Rescue NSW (@FRNSW) January 19, 2024Updated at 19.36 EST18m ago19.22 EST
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council will host a livestream at 11am local time (2pm AEDT) to provide an update on the power outages.
We will aim to bring you this here on the blog, but you can follow along yourself on their Facebook page here later today.
Updated at 19.26 EST29m ago19.12 EST
Oral cancer rates on the rise for younger woman: report
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says that oral cancer rates are on the rise for women under 45, with cases of tongue cancer increasing by around 4% each year.
The president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Nicole Higgins, spoke to ABC TV about this earlier and said oral cancer is still quite rare in the community.
She said it is most common in men over 60 and related to cigarette smoking, alcohol and HPV, but health practitioners are unsure why there is a rise in cases for women without these traditional risk factors.
2024-01-18 19:22:35
Post from www.theguardian.com