A fire in a refuse truck in Newbury earlier this week is being blamed on a disposable vape. At 2.10pm on Monday, July 22, crews from Newbury and Theale fire stations were sent to Equine Way to tackle the blaze. They used a thermal imaging camera to check for hotspots, and it was this that identified the vape. Powered by a lithium-ion battery, the vape had been thrown in a bin before being picked up by refuse collectors. It took crews around 21 minutes to put the fire out. What uses lithium-ion batteries? Lithium-ion batteries are found in many household electrical goods such as laptops, mobile…