{"id":57183,"date":"2026-07-18T02:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=57183"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:57:57","slug":"battery-tossed-in-recyclables-sparked-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/battery-tossed-in-recyclables-sparked-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Tossed In Recyclables Sparked Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/battery-tossed-in-recyclables-sparked-fire\/battery-fire\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Battery Fire\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire-1024x576.avif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire-125x125.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-57184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire-125x125.avif 125w, https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire-150x150.avif 150w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire.avif 250w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire.avif 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA lithium-ion battery tossed in with recyclables sparked a fire Friday morning at Rumpke\u2019s recycling facility on West Oak Street, according to the company.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Workers spotted a smoldering cardboard bale after it came out of the baler, safely took it apart and found the battery inside.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Rumpke safety manager Bridgett Bigg urged residents not to put rechargeable batteries in trash or recycling bins, warning they can ignite within seconds when crushed. Instead, take them to a designated battery drop-off site which can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batterysafetynow.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.batterysafetynow.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nSource: WHAS11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lithium-ion battery tossed in with recyclables sparked a fire Friday morning at Rumpke\u2019s recycling facility on West Oak Street, according to the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":57184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Battery-Fire.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-eSj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-28 09:44:00","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[69],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57185,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57183\/revisions\/57185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}