MESA, AZ — A Mesa family who lost everything in a fire just days before New Year’s, says a lithium battery used to charge a remote-control car sparked the flames that destroyed their home. “My son put ...

English tot Harper-Lee Farnthorpe mistakenly ingested the coin-sized battery from a remote control in her bedroom last month. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 2-year-old English girl has died after she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lithium-ion battery in a remote-controlled car is being blamed for sparking a three-alarm house fire in Milton on Sunday.

A heartbroken mother has issued a warning to other parents after her two-year-old daughter died from swallowing a remote control battery. Harper-Lee Fanthorpe, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ...