At 5:10pm on Sunday, 27 October, we received reports of a garage fire on Seed Grove in Reading.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road Fire Station and Theale Fire Station were sent to the scene.
Upon arrival, crews found a fire in the garage of the property caused by a lithium-ion battery. After two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire using one hose reel jet, crews removed the battery source from the property, removed the cells from the batteries and submerged them in water, and ventilated the garage.
They were on scene for approximately one hour and 56 minutes.
A crew from Theale Fire Station returned to the scene at around 8:30pm to reinspect the area.