100 Evacuated From Hotel Fire, Lithium Battery Suspected as Cause

Two children staying at the hotel narrowly escaped harm in a fire that forced the evacuation of 100 guests at Warwick Farm, in Sydney’s south-west.

The aftermath of a fire in a Sydney hotel. The cause has been linked with lithium-ion batteries. Courtesy of the NSW Fire Department.

Two children have narrowly escaped a hotel fire in Sydney’s Warwick Farm that prompted the evacuation of 100 guests on Jan. 20.

Preliminary investigations suggest the fire may have been caused by a thermal runaway process associated with lithium-ion batteries.