Have you ever gone to use a mouse, camera or remote control that's been sitting around for a while, only to find the batteries and their compartment covered in a white-ish crusty residue? That crust ...

A lithium-ion battery in a remote-controlled car is being blamed for sparking a three-alarm house fire in Milton on Sunday. Strafford County dispatchers received a call from the area of 36 Charles St.

Ms Nicholson had tried to distract the animal after it grabbed the remote off her bed but watched in horror as it gulped down an AA power cell in a “split second”. Fearing that some battery acid might ...