A NSW fire and rescue superintendent said the death of a man in a Sydney fire on Saturday night was part of a ‘marked increase’ in such incidents
Firefighters say they fear being ‘“overwhelmed” by increasing numbers of battery fires, after the death of a Sydney man in a house fire on Saturday night was linked to toxic smoke from burning lithium batteries.
Firefighters performed CPR on the man until paramedics arrived, but his injuries were too severe and he did not survive. New South Wales Fire and Rescue Supt Andrew Shurety said he couldn’t put a specific number on how often fire crews were being called to lithium battery fires, but that it was a “marked increase” with “a number of fires including the fatal one last night”.
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