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But when lithium batteries are corrupted, they can experience thermal runaway – meaning a cell undergoes uncontrollable temperature rises, making a fire hard to control and extinguish.

“The officer was eventually able to take Gonzalez into custody and extinguish the fire,” the statement read.

The incident at Jablonow near Warsaw took two hours to extinguish, according to Polish reports.

"In one world, you’re trying to contain your energy or yourself or your expression just so that you don’t ruffle feathers, while in another world your energy, you can’t even extinguish it," she said.

The ballots are nearly airtight and testing by fire officials “showed that anything flammable should extinguish very quickly,” he said.