Lithium Ion Batteries Cause Car Fire On Garfield Ave

On Thursday morning the Peekskill Fire Department was dispatched to a reported motor vehicle fire on the 900 block of Garfield Ave. On arrival firefighters encountered a fully involved car fire. After rapidly extinguishing the fire, on duty personnel secured damaged lithium ion batteries that were found in vehicle. Personnel secured the batteries as prescribed in a steel drum with commercial packing agent and transported the drum to a hazardous materials storage facility in Valhalla. There were no injuries to civilians or personnel, and no other damage as a result of a rapid response

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