09-05-2025
Battery warning after bin lorry catches fire in Derbyshire
A bin lorry in Derbyshire burst into flames after the battery in a discarded laptop caught on fire.A crew member spotted flames in the rear of the truck as it collected rubbish in Grangewood, Netherseal, at about 09:50 BST on from Swadlincote wearing breathing equipment used a hose reel jet to put out the fire, the fire service Derbyshire District Council has appealed to residents not to throw anything containing lithium batteries into their black bins.
A council spokesperson said: "Luckily one of our loaders spotted the flames early and so no members of our crew were injured."Can we ask that you never dispose of anything containing a lithium battery in the general waste."A number of bin collections were missed as a result of the in Netherseal as well as Swadlincote, Overseal, Lullington, Rosliston, Coton-in-the-Elms and Drakelow should leave their bins on the kerbside to be collected.
