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Residents forced inside as massive battery fire breaks out

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A lithium-fuelled fire has erupted at a Perth recycling plant, sending toxic smoke across the city's south-eastern suburbs for hours.Batteries inside the Maddington workshop fuelled the flames as the co-owner was rushed to hospital and residents were warned to stay indoors. Flames filled workshops at Li-ion Energy as thick toxic smoke spiralled into the air about 1.30pm today, prompting a hazmat warning for parts of Perth."We had a bunch of lithium batteries ready for export, we don&#x

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