Firefighters concerned after toolbox, garbage truck, car charger and e-bike catch fire in one day [Video]

Firefighters are concerned about the growing number of lithium-ion battery fires after crews responded to four separate incidents in NSW in one day.

The four fires, which come as fire crews are having to deal with five of the blazes every week, were caused by batteries variously catching fire in a toolbox, a garbage truck, an electric car charging station and an e-bike.

A tradesman with a toolbox on fire drove to Tingira Heights Fire Station at Lake Macquarie to seek help from firefighters at 4pm yesterday.

“The maintenance worker told the crew he was driving when he noticed a large amount of smoke in his rear vision mirror,” Fire and Rescue NSW said in a statement.

“When he stopped his ute and opened the large toolbox, he found an unattached battery for his hedger ablaze,” firefighters said.

“The man covered the flames in dirt and …