A fire swept through a large battery-recycling plant in Fredericktown, Missouri, on Wednesday, October 30, prompting evacuation orders in the area.
The blaze broke out at a lithium-ion-battery processing plant owned by Critical Mineral Recovery. On its website, the company says the 225,000-square-foot plant is used to “recycle lithium-ion-battery-related materials from battery manufacturers, automotive OEMs, battery dealers, recyclers, and processors worldwide,” and describes it as “one of the largest lithium-ion battery processing facilities in the world.”
The Fredericktown Fire Department said it was responding, and the Bismarck Fire Protection District said they were providing support
