Conservationists working in a new branch of the library still face the task of removing ash deposits between pages, repairing parchment volumes and vellum spines that split in the fierce heat a painstaking process that involves weeks of work on each book.
Laboratory tests have shown that such events can prompt nearby cells to quickly heat up and result in a fierce, high-temperature fire engulfing the battery and anything nearby.
Interestingly enough, I ran because I wanted to make sure Mainers could heat their homes and have become a fierce advocate of energy efficiency and renewable energy.