By Paul Homewood
h/t neilofwatford
From the Northampton Chronicle:
Firefighters believe that batteries thought to be made up of lithium-ion were the cause of an explosion on a Northamptonshire canal boat.
Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) were called to reports of a canal boat fire following an explosion at Gayton Marina on Tuesday August 5 just before 8.15am. Crews from Mereway, Moulton and Towcester attended the scene to find a canal boat filled with smoke.
Full story here.
Apparently it was an electric day boat, and one YouTube blogger was close by:
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Author: Paul Homewood
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