| S5 | 09 Dec 2025 | Terra Drone |
fire |
Jakarta office, Indonesia | Suspected Battery Fire at Terra Drone Indonesia Kills 22 · 22 fatalities |
sUAS News |
| S5 | 13 Oct 2025 | Xiaomi |
fire |
Chengdu, China | Fatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra fire after crash in Chengdu raises questions over self-driving feature |
South China Morning Post |
| S4 | 16 Jan 2025 | LG Energy Solution |
fire |
Moss Landing, CA, USA | Moss Landing 300MW BESS fire (Vistra) destroys facility using LG Energy Solution cells · 300MW / tens of thousands of battery cells, 1 facility destroyed |
Utility Dive |
| S4 | ~Mar 2024 | Anker Innovations |
fire |
Fenton, MO, USA | eufy robotic vacuum catches fire/explodes at Missouri home |
KSDK |
| S4 | 30 Jan 2024 | iRobot |
fire |
Miami Gardens, FL, USA | Roomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire · 1 unit / 1 injury |
Local10 |
| S4 | 15 Mar 2023 | Attabotics |
fire |
Brampton, Ontario, Canada | Fire at Canadian Tire distribution centre running Attabotics robotic storage system · 1 facility, $67.7M in reported costs |
BetaKit |
| S4 | 19 Apr 2019 | LG Energy Solution |
fire |
Surprise, AZ, USA | APS McMicken (Surprise, AZ) battery explosion injures four firefighters · 1 site, 4 firefighters injured |
IEEE Spectrum |
| S4 | ~Apr 2019 | Fluence |
fire |
Surprise, AZ, USA | APS McMicken (Surprise, AZ) battery explosion injures four firefighters · 1 site, 4 firefighters injured |
Energy-Storage.News |
| S4 | not documented | Ocado Intelligent Automation |
fire |
Andover, England, UK | Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault · 1 full customer fulfilment centre destroyed; facility handled ~30,000 deliveries/week |
Hampshire Fire and Rescu |
| S3 | ~Jul 2026 | Waymo |
fire |
Atlanta, GA, USA | Waymo robotaxi catches fire after rear-end crash in Atlanta |
Hoodline |
| S3 | 23 Nov 2025 | Eos Energy Enterprises |
fire |
Turtle Creek, PA, USA | Fire at Eos Energy's Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility · 1 manufacturing facility, large emergency response |
WPXI |
| S3 | 23 Sep 2025 | Tesla Energy |
fire |
Boulder City, NV, USA | Tesla Megapack battery fire burns for hours at Boulder City solar facility |
KTNV |
| S3 | ~Aug 2024 | Tesla |
fire |
USA | Tesla Semi truck catches fire in US ahead of European showcase |
Trans.INFO |
| S3 | 19 Jul 2024 | H3 Dynamics |
fire |
one-north condominium, Singapore | H3 Dynamics drone crashes and catches fire near children at one-north condo, operator suspended by CAAS · 1 drone |
CNA |
| S3 | 30 Sep 2022 | Wing |
fire |
Browns Plains, QLD, Australia | Wing delivery drone lands on power lines, catches fire, cuts power to 2,000 homes · 1 drone; ~2,000 homes affected |
DroneDJ |
| S3 | ~Jul 2021 | Ocado Intelligent Automation |
fire |
Erith, London, UK | Erith fulfilment centre fire after three-bot collision on the grid · 3 robots involved; <1% of grid damaged; site handles up to 150,000 orders/week |
The Register |
| S3 | ~Oct 2019 | LG Energy Solution |
fire |
— | South Korea ESS fires linked predominantly to LG Chem/LG Energy Solution battery cells · 17 of 27 national ESS fire incidents |
ETNews / Korea Times |
| S3 | 19 Sep 2019 | EnerSys |
fire |
Richmond, KY, USA | Fire at EnerSys Richmond, Kentucky motive-power battery plant · 1 manufacturing facility, ~$46.1M insured loss |
EnerSys SEC 8-K filing |
| S3 | ~Dec 2018 | Kiwibot |
fire |
Berkeley, CA, USA | Kiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery · 1 robot; fleet of ~100 grounded pending investigation |
TechCrunch |
| S2 | 25 Apr 2026 | Konecranes |
fire |
Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Fire damages mobile harbour crane in Port of Itajai · 1 mobile harbour crane |
WorldCargo News |
| S2 | 05 Sep 2024 | Fluence |
fire |
Escondido, CA, USA | SDG&E Escondido, California BESS fire 'well managed' by Fluence-supported response · 1 site, minimal impact, no injuries reported |
Energy-Storage.News |
| S2 | 10 Feb 2024 | Waymo |
fire |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo robotaxi set on fire by mob in San Francisco Chinatown · 1 vehicle destroyed |
CBS News |
| S2 | 26 Apr 2023 | Loram |
fire |
Joplin, MO, USA | Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin |
KOAM News Now |