Fire investigators blamed the lithium-ion battery in an electric wheelchair for a fire that sent two elderly people to the hospital. The Ann Arbor Fire Department said in a news release that it was ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WDIV) - Firefighters in Michigan rescued two older adults from an apartment fire caused by an electronic wheelchair battery that went up in flames. Fire Chief Mike Kennedy says the ...

Travelers who bring their own electric wheelchairs will need to take additional steps to fly with the medical devices. Passengers will have to remove the lithium batteries of both electric wheelchairs ...