Federal officials are increasing air monitoring around a southeast Missouri lithium-ion battery plant that caught fire, the ...

Critical Mineral Recovery, near Fredericktown, is one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery processing facilities.

The EPA said it was conducting round-the-clock air monitoring following the fire at Critical Mineral Recovery near ...

A fire swept through a large battery-recycling plant in Fredericktown, Missouri, on Wednesday, October 30, prompting ...

Residents of a southeast Missouri town were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday due to a fire at Critical Mineral ...

A fire erupted at a Missouri lithium-ion battery recycling plant on Wednesday, prompting authorities in Fredericktown, Mo., ...

Crews were trying to produce as little smoke as possible while keeping the contaminants contained and preventing runoff.

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — "Thousands" of fish carcasses have washed up in Fredericktown, Missouri, downstream of a large lithium ...

Missouri officials asked residents to evacuate or shelter after a lithium battery recycling plant caught on fire in ...

Southeast Missouri residents were encouraged to keep their windows closed and turn off air conditioning units.

Authorities around Fredericktown, Missouri, called for some evacuations and told other nearby residents to shelter in place.