Lithium-Ion Batteries Burn For Hours in 4th Alarm Warehouse Fire

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 11-7-24, 1:29 A.M.
LOCATION: 14068 MERIDIAN PARKWAY
AREA/CITY: RIVERSIDE COUNTY
DETAILS:

RIVERSIDE  – Firefighters Thursday were working to extinguish a fire in a warehouse containing small lithium-ion batteries in an unincorporated area of Riverside.

The fire was reported about 1:30 a.m. in the 14000 block of Meridian Parkway, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

A hazardous-materials team was requested, and personnel from the Riverside City Fire Department and the Corona Fire Department were sent to provide assistance.

Crews were working to extinguish the flames and identify the materials that were burning in the building. Among the items in the building were small lithium-ion batteries for hand-held power tools, the county fire department reported.

About 6:30 a.m., a fourth alarm was requested to sent more personnel to the scene of the fire. Also, county environmental health personnel were sent to monitor the smoke from the fire to assess the air quality

“Crews will be actively fighting the fire for several hours,” the county fire department said in the 6:30 a.m. statement.

Meridian Parkway was closed from Alessandro Boulevard on the north end to Cactus Avenue on the south.

HANDLING AGENCIES: CAL FIRE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SOT(s): YES, CAL FIRE PIO JOHN CLINGINGSMITH

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