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[Chicago news]

Fire at commercial building prompts evacuations in Morris
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The fire is in the 900 block of East Benton Street in a building that contains electronic lithium batteries for cell phones and other devices.
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"We're dealing with between 80 to 100 tons of lithium batteries,"
said Tracey Steffes, Deputy Chief at Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District. "So around 180,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds of lithium batteries. These batteries range in size from your cellphone to a little bigger than a car battery. And as these batteries get wet, they short out and ignite and explode, and that's the problem we're having."

"We started our initial attack with water and then we learned very quickly that that was not going to be a good avenue for extinguishment in this fire," Steffes added.
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