Lithium battery overheating at Hampton apartment

Heard on: Hunterdon County Fire & EMS Dispatch

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Firebox 1301,

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(number withheld) Main Street.

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Firebox. Thirteen zero one, 13 fire, twelve fire.

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Hazmat team level one notification, out to Orange County EMS, contact communications.

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For (number withheld) Main Street, Hampton apartment number (number withheld), a reported lithium ion battery expanding and is off gas.

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Battery is now outside.

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Out to Orange advising non-emergency response requested.

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Repeating, fire box 1301 , Sullivan 13 fire.

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Dispatch team level one notification,

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(number withheld) main street, Hampton Borough apartment number (number withheld), for a lithium ion battery report to have expanded and off gas.

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The battery is now outside.

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Health department requesting a non-emergent response.

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Ten 13 .

7/17/2026 07:10 AM

Fire

Main St, Hampton, NJ 08827

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews received a hazmat level one notification for a possible lithium-ion battery hazard at an apartment on Main Street in Hampton. The battery was reported to be expanding and off-gassing but was moved outside, and a non-emergency response was requested.