“Beta Technologies and area fire departments are investigating the cause of a lithium battery fire that set a container ablaze early Friday at the plant in South Burlington.
No injuries were reported and the amount of gas possibly emitted is not deemed dangerous to the community, according to a Beta spokesperson.
One of several white shipping containers at the electric aircraft maker’s plant reportedly caught fire early Friday, according to the spokesperson, Jake Goldman. Local fire departments responded to douse it and Beta continued cleanup operations.
“We had a fire reported in a single shipping container situated across the parking lot from our headquarters in South Burlington,” Goldman said in an email Monday. “The fire was quickly extinguished with no injuries and no damage to our facilities or aircraft and the situation was contained in under 30 minutes.””
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Guha, Auditi. VT Digger 29 August 2022.