It caught fire in the back of a bin lorry
Firefighters have been tackling a blaze in Plymouth believed to have been started by a lithium-ion battery.
Emergency services were called to Bath Street near Plymouth Pavilions at 09:25 on Friday 4 October where a recycling lorry had caught fire.
The blaze was in the rubbish compartment of the lorry.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said Hose reel jets, a safety jet and thermal imaging cameras used to cool the source of the fire and prevent reignition.
The blaze has been extinguished.
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