hi, everyone. i'm kate snow. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, tuesday, february 7th, 2023. breaking news, race against time. a desperate search for survivors after a devastating earthquake rocked turkey and syria. the latest on the death toll and the international aid now arriving in the region. motive for murder. a major shift in the trial of disgraced south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. how prosecutors are preparing to

lay out his alleged financial crimes. toxic threats. crews set off a controlled explosion in ohio after a fiery train derailment. the growing concern over toxic gas now filling the air. and worth a shot? a new drug could protect against rsv, the virus. why it may be impossible for some families to get it. we begin with that breaking news out of syria and turkey, where the death toll from the earthquakes there is rising. >> take a look at some of the images that are offering a glimpse at the destruction unfolding there right now. at this hour, more than 7500 people have died. that's according to both countries. turkey reports there have been nearly 300 aftershocks since the quakes first hit. and search crews are bracing for potentially more as they hunt for survivors. >> turkey's president says 8,000 people have been rescued in syria crews were able to dig their way through rubble to save this young boy who was trapped underneath. humanitarian tents are being set up for survivors who no longer have homes, malls, mosques and

stadiums are also being transform in that region to emergency shelters. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley made his way to turkey and joins us now. it is cold there. i've seen video of snow in some parts of the strike zone there. how is all that complicating what has got to be an already challenging search and rescue effort? >> reporter: it is not all that cold right here in adana. it is pretty cold. but it is not snowing, it is not necessarily complicating things right here. but it is making it difficult for the rescue workers. we have seen quite a few of them huddled around open fires around here. it makes the whole thing ten times more miserable, if you can imagine. this is already a daunting challenge for rescue workers here and having cold, having snow, having rain, any of the elements just makes it all that much more difficult. but it is even more difficult all those elements for those who have been displaced particularly

those in syria, displaced by a decade of civil war. that were, we don't hear that much about anymore, but it is very much ongoing and a lot of those people have been displaced once because of the war and now homeless once again because of this catastrophic historically terrible earthquake that has struck both countries. >> yeah. the context is so important of what has happened to that region. what kind of help are survivors getting, what do they need right now? >> reporter: well, we're hearing that a lot of them are having trouble getting food, water, access to places to live, some sleeping in tents. it is the typical sort of situation that you would see actually in syria after a war. that's the kind of situation we're seeing, homes devastated, people left homeless, people having to flee or move to live with neighbors or things like that. but it is also been a very difficult time getting resources to those people. here in turkey, that's available. there are agencies that deal

with that. and actually president erdogan here has imposed a three-month state of emergency on the provinces that were afflicted by this earthquake. not entirely clear what that means, but the president has said that is to try to enable more goods and aid to deliver to people in these provinces in the southern part of the can country that have been hit by this terrible earthquake. but for a lot of these people, this is something that is going to be ongoing. we talk about those people displaced by the war, they were homeless for the past several years. a lot of people without shelter now because their homes were destroyed, they might have trouble finding homes the next several years from here on out. >> yeah, matt bradley, worth noting it is very late at night there and all that activity behind you, matt, thank you. also at this hour, jurors in the alex murdaugh murder trial are hearing detailed testimony accusing him of stealing from his law firm and clients. the judge in the case ruled on

monday that evidence of his alleged financial crimes is admissible in court. the former south carolina attorney is on trial for the deaths of his wife maggie and their son paul. blayne alexander is tracking the developments for us today. blayne, i understand that we have heard quite a bit of testimony from the cfo of his law firm today. what did she have to say about her experiences working with him? >> reporter: well, certainly. she speaks to the financial crime, the evidence of the financial crimes, which is crucial because it speaks to the prosecution and what they say is the motive for these double murders. so we heard extensive testimony from the cfo who talks about a confronting of murdaugh on the day of murders, essentially saying there was a large sum of money that was missing and really confronting him about that. she also talks about what happened after the murders, how so many people rallied together in the law firm to really there be for him and those questions about the money essentially stopped because they felt bad

for him, they wanted to be there for him. the prosecution is arguing that was the motivation for the murders. they say that murdaugh committed these crimes in order to deflect and garner sympathy and stop those questions from being asked. here is a crucial piece of exchange between the cfo and listen to this back and forth with the questioning. take a look. >> did that result in the uncovering of all of this? >> it did. >> did that result in him losing his job at the law firm? >> it did. >> where his family name was a fixture there for decades? >> correct. >> did that result in him losing his license to practice law? >> it did. >> and the defense asks you that, did that result in him facing a ton of criminal charges based on all of that? >> yes. >> all of that was on the cusp of being uncovered, was it not? >> yes. >> was that on the cusp of being

uncovered? >> yes. >> reporter: so there you heard that very revealing back and forth there, but essentially the prosecution is saying that speaks to the state of mind that alex murdaugh was in, a desperate state of mind, so many things were in the process of crumbling down and that crucial question came on the morning of the murders. he denies committing the crimes and we heard the defense trying to poke holes in that as well. >> blayne, thank you. final preparations are under way for president biden's state of the union address tonight. for the first time in this term, the president will speak in front of a divided congress as he tries to unite the nation behind his agenda. nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell joins me now. a white house official did a briefing and said there will be a new line tonight. what is the new line and how will it play? >> reporter: i expect you will hear it quite a bit, finish the job. we're at the halfway point of the biden first term, we expect he will at some point in the

near future announce he's running for a second term. there is work to be done to try to complete the tasks that have been in part the product of some bipartisan efforts with some of those republicans in the chamber tonight. and to try to do more on some of the areas still ununfinished, t economic issues, trying to shore up the economy, trying to expand some of the needs of the middle class, with high prices, and concerns about inflation, and also trying to deal with the debt and issues like the debt ceiling and the ongoing burden that that will be as we get closer and closer to congress having to act on that. so finish the job is something you will hear. the biden white house and the president is expected to project an optimistic tone about the fact they have gotten a lot of legislation passed with republican help, things like infrastructure and so forth. but there are other things they want to work on in the area of police safety, and police reforms and gun safety, community safety.

those issues will be reflected in some of the people will be seeing in the first lady's box tonight. >> kelly o'donnell, join us for special coverage of president biden's state of the union address. watch starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc news now and 9:00 p.m. eastern on your local nbc station. the navy has released new photos showing sailors recovering pieces of a chinese spy balloon. the pictures show crews pulling debris out of the atlantic ocean and loading it on to their boats. the balloon was shot down off the coast of south carolina on saturday. the pentagon says that balloon was about 200 feet tall, that's more than twice the size of a hot air balloon and four times as big as the snoopy thanksgiving day parade balloon. george solis is in north myrtle beach, south carolina, for us today. george, what are u.s. officials saying about this balloon, the pieces of the balloon that have been recovered so far? >> seeing is believing with the images released by the navy that

show the scope of this thing, that fragment of balloon they are now moving from those boats, presumably so they can be forensically analyzed to get a sense of what was aboard this balloon and what this balloon may have had on it as well. it mentioned that payload about 2,000 pounds, that's according to u.s. officials. we know the navy is out there right now, still combing the waters. a vessel you might be able to see behind me about ready to take off. that's been the story of the day. one boat after the other heading out into the atlantic, combing that debris field. we know it has been getting smaller and smaller as the days have progressed. we know they have been using divers, robotic equipment and sonar to really get a sense of where most of this debris is. because of the size of this area, we know that some of these fragments may wash up on shore in the coming days. at this point, no reports of any of this debris washing on shore. >> here we are, three days into

this or so. a 7 mile debris field is what we started with. 2,000 pounds of debris as you noted there. do we have an idea of how much longer the search might go on? >> reporter: that's the million dollar question. keep in mind that initially the pentagon said this had fallen in 42 feet of water, the recovery should be fairly quick. these days are are progressing and i think what is really going to be interesting is if in the coming days we start to see any of this debris or material wash on shore, if the folk of the investigation begin to share from what's in the water to what's on the shore. aaron in. >> george solis for us in myrtle beach, south carolina, thank you. the faa is proposing a hefty fine for a major airline and the super bowl is already poised to break a record. >> julia boorstin joins us with our cnbc money minute. hi, julia. >> hi. let's start out with united airlines, the faa wants to fine it almost $1.2 million for dropping a fire warning check before flights of 777 jet planes between 2018 and 2021.

united says the check was redundant and dropping it was approved by the faa at the time, adding the safety of the flights was never in question. also, cvs is close to a deal to acquire oak street health, which operates that primary care clinics focused on medicare patients according to the "wall street journal." and with sports betting now legal in 36 states and the district of columbia, more than 50 million americans are projected to bet $16 billion on the sunday super bowl. that total is more than double last year's estimate of $7.6 billion. back over to you. >> julia boorstin at cnbc, thank you. coming up, how scammers are using social media to blackmail using social media to blackmail teens, a warning for i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪things are getting clearer♪ ♪i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me♪ ♪nothing and me go hand in hand♪

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we have an important warning for parents of teenagers. more and more teens are becoming targets of sexstortion scams. in december, the fbi issued a public safety alert saying there were more than 3,000 cases in 2022 alone. sarah wallace from our nbc station in new york has the story of one victim. >> reporter: this 14-year-old is too embarrassed to talk about the explicit photos he sent to what he thought was a teenage

girl who friended him on snapchat. he eventually told his mom, whose identity we also agreed to protect. >> my son came in and he just broke down and fell on to the bed and told me he was being blackmailed. >> reporter: he says the girl who called herself karen sent him a provocative photo and asked for one in return. >> after that, he started blackmailing him. and wanted money. or she was going to send it to all of his friends, send it all over, she was going to ruin his life. >> reporter: the extortionist located the boy's mom on social media and sent her the photo. then followed up. >> they called. on my son's snapchat. and he -- it turned out to be a guy on the other end. they wanted $800. and then they went down to $100. and he was, like, i have nothing. well, show me your paypal account. they wanted a gift card from

him. and come to find out gift cards aren't traceable. >> the kids think that they're a little more safe by sharing pictures through snapchat because they vanish after a little while. and they're not vanishing. >> reporter: it is tough to track. >> correct. >> reporter: the scary part is that the blackmailer did share this boy's photo on a social media platform. and it is not clear if that's happened with the other victims or whether anyone has paid out money. >> the real message is do not take explicit pictures, they're going to be out there and they're going to be out there forever. you're falling for a predator and somebody feeling comfortable. it is somebody you just got into a conversation with on snapchat over a day or two, you don't -- do not send explicit pictures, do not give information out that can compromise your identity. >> reporter: this mom grateful her son felt comfortable enough

to tell her what he was dealing with. >> no kid should have to have the pressure of that. it is very, very, you know, disturbing that somebody can be doing this to our children. >> a couple from upstate new york had a scary encounter with two armed robbers in washington, d.c. this week. those crooks were not looking for money. the couple says the thieves demanded the canada goose jackets they were wearing. this is just one of several reported robberies in the area targeting those high end coats. julia jester joins us from washington, d.c. what do we know about this case? >> it started off as a typical day of sight-seeing for sheila and julian kaufman, who were visiting washington, d.c. with their son. and that's when they were approached by two gunmen in the middle of broad daylight, demanding that they remove their coats. here is how the couple described that encounter. >> give me your coat, give me your coat, give me your coat. i said, is this a joke?

he waved his gun and said give me your coat. >> what are you going to do in that situation. >> unfortunately this experience wasn't unique to the kaufmans. police say that at least five people have been robbed of the canada goose jackets since december. two of those robberies had taken place in just the last week near george washington university. prompting the school to send out an advisory to students saying that students should be mindful of wearing canada goose jackets in public spaces. why? these jackets are valuable commodity, according to the company's website, a new canada goose jacket could cost up to $1800. >> we know they're pricey coats. do the police have any leads, julia, in this case? >> d.c. police have released video captured just after the robbery took place. it shows both suspects getting into a silver hyundai elantra and speeding off. police are hoping someone is able to identify at least one of

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energy bills have been a big deal in the bay area lately. bob redell has more. >> reporter: i'm sure you saw your pg&e bill and were shocked like i was. they're trying to address what can be done to address future spikes in natural gas. there was a virtual meeting and we learned there were several reasons we saw high gas prices in california. according to an analysis by the federal government, the weather was colder than usual. there were constraints on the interstate gas pipeline. pg&e points out the drought played a role.

there were low water levels which forced pg&e to use more natural gas. the utility said it doesn't mark up the cost of gas. according to the cpuc we paid an extra $45 for gas this january compared to last. about 30 more dollars this february compared to last february. in december people were paying $200 or more than last december. our other top story, president biden will give his state of the union address tonight at 6:00 p.m. several people from the bay area will be in attendance. national focus has been intense in california on storms and mass shootings. a farm worker advocate will be there from half moon bay. >> i'm hoping today he recognizes the farm workers in our country that are giving back

every day through covid, through the pandemic, through the economic crisis and now through this tragedy. >> the state of the union will be broadcast live on nbc bay area. that will change our programming a bit tonight. we won't have a 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. local news broadcast. we'll be back on air at 9:00 for a wrap up and an 11:00 newscast. here's other stories you need to know. the search continues for the remains of a woman in antioch. first a tesla crashes into a home. it happened around 9:30 last night. you can see the car caused substantial damage. the tesla may have accelerated by itself with the driver still inside. the driver escaped without injuries and the cause of this crash is under investigation. the san jose police department continues to

investigation where an officer was shot in the leg saturday night outside a home. the suspect accused of shooting the officer was arrested. no other officers were home. the family of alexis gabe keeps up the search for her remains. the family believes she was killed by her exboyfriend in 2022. the exboyfriend was killed in a stand-off with police. checking in on the weather. kari hall says it might get gloomy later, but the out look now is sunny. >> we'll start to see more clouds moving in today. still comfortable for the afternoon with temperatures reaching into the low 60s. mainly upper 50s for the east bay and peninsula. as we go into tomorrow morning,

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> a massive six alarm fire at a hospital near boston has prompted the evacuation of more than 100 patients. firefighters believe that fire started in the hospital's basement. they're blaming faulty equipment in the transformer room. no one was hurt. a florida teen accused of stabbing a 13-year-old cheerleader 114 times pleaded guilty to first degree murder on the day jury selection was slated to begin. he was arrested in may of last year for the brutal killing of tristan bailey.

despite being a minor, he was charged as an adult. prosecutors say there was no plea deal and they'll seek the maximum penalty, a life sentence. the texas attorney who was famously shot by dick cheney in 2006 has died. he was accidentally sprayed in the face with bird shot pellets 17 years ago. he died on saturday after a short illness. he was well known in the texas republican party. he was 95 years old. we continue to follow breaking news this hour. rescue workers are working for a second day to try to find survivors after the massive earthquake in syria. multiple earthquakes in syria and turkey. >> in syria, the efforts are led by a group called the white helmets, part of the syrian civil defense. earlier today i spoke with a volunteer about some of what he has seen on the ground in syria. >> i know you've been on the ground there now since the earthquake happened in northern syria. tell me about what you've seen as consider you've been moving

around since the earthquake. >> massive pile of rubbles. family under the rubble. i saw pictures of families, fathers, mothers, asking for help, screaming, other people asking about their children. i saw a father asking about his daughter, 3 years old, he was shouting and crying that he -- his daughter fragile, weak, would not -- would not bear this amount of rubble since the very beginning to now. and 40 hours of nonstop work. we were able to rescue about 2,000, more than 2,000.

>> when can you tell me about their conditions? are they severely injured? what are you finding when you're able to get to people who are still alive? >> those who were still alive are injured. most of them are urgent, most of them were shocked. they need help. they need support. we transport them to the hospital to receive proper treatment. unfortunately most of the hospital are now overwhelmed with injured people. >> what is going to be the thing that is most helpful for you and for the folks that are working with you today and tomorrow and on through the rest of the week? >> we need heavy equipment. we need heavy equipment to enable us to remove this rubble. we need generators, diesel. those people who lost their houses, they need shelter, they need water. they need everything actually because they lost everything. we cannot handle this alone.

>> and these scenes may be that much more difficult for folks who live in that country. the volunteer told me the situation in syria is already complicated. so much of the area has been ravaged by a decade of civil war. now this exacerbates a humanitarian crisis for the people there. crews in ohio say they're making progress after a fiery train derailment forces hundreds of people from their homes. the train's operator says a controlled burn of a potentially deadly gas was successfully completed on monday, but people forced to evacuate from their homes are still wondering when they can finally return. nbc news correspondent ron allen is in darlington, pennsylvania, that's just outside the evacuation zone over the pennsylvania line. ron, local officials gave an update a little bit earlier this afternoon. did they answer the question of when homeowners can return? >> reporter: no. and a lot of people are getting a little impatient about all that. and the officials here getting a

little exasperated by the question. they say they are -- they just want to make sure that everything is safe. so the evacuation area is still in place, which is why there are roadblocks like this around the town in many locations. they're still trying to keep people out. while they have put out the fire there at the site, they have started to remove the wreckage from the site, they are monitoring the air and water in the area and they want to make sure that there are no concerns. there have been some reports beyond the evacuation zone of people getting some irritation, smelling odors, they have been advised to stay indoors, shelter in place if they feel the need to do that, which may help. but environmental officials continue to say they're not detecting levels of concern of any contaminants outside of the evacuation area. here is what the fire chief had to say when asked about when people with go home. take a listen. >> if i could give you an estimate, i would so gladly give that to you.

i can can't. until i have those numbers and we look at this data, to make sure. i can't stress that enough. safety is paramount, the primary reason why we're here. >> reporter: so this could be a day or two, we don't know. i don't want to put a number or estimate on it because they wouldn't as you heard. the big news is that the situation at the wreck site is stabilized. the chemical is gone. it is burned off. they started to remove the wreckage, the ntsb is there. beginning another phase of the investigation, they can get closer to the scene to begin understanding why this happened. it is going to take some time before this entire situation settles down completely. and then people will be able to go back home. in the meantime, for example, schools are closed for the rest of the week. so there is that. >> okay. ron allen, thank you. some progress there.

thanks, ron. now we turn to a bizarre story out of oregon. it involves a sea rescue, a stolen boat, a dead fish, and the house from the movie "the goonies." steven rolo joins us now to explain. what is going on here? >> good question. lots to keep track of here. it starts with a man who allegedly left the dead fish of an oregon house, featured in the movie "the goonies." he was rescued by the coast guard on friday after the stolen yacht he was in capsized. let's break down more on what happened. pacific northwest branch of the coast guard said air crews were conducting a training mission in the columbia river near astoria, oregon, on friday, when they got a may day signal from the vessel. dangerous conditions made a boat rescue impossible. instead, the coast guard sent a rescue swimmer to help out. you can see the rough water there, the yacht ended up capsizing, a rough situation. then the rescue swimmer and sir

survivor hoisted to safety. police learned that the boat in the video had been stolen. that's when people alerted authorities that they recognized the man from that rescue as the same man wanted in connection with leaving a dead fish on the porch of that home earlier in the week. the house made famous in the cult classic movie "the goonies." the suspect was identified as jericho lavante. by the time he was identified, he had been released from the hospital. but he was arrested at a warming center in nearby seaside, oregon, on friday. a complicated situation there. >> a lot of twists and turns in that one. steven, thank you. >> what does very against "the goon goonies." >> great question. >> it is a good movie. let as turn to president biden tonight and the state of the union address. while we expect him to tout his achievements since taking office, a new "washington post"/abc news pole found 62% of

americans think president biden accomplished not very much or little or nothing during his office. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster out in madison, wisconsin, today where the president is set to visit tomorrow and what are voters saying to you ? what do they want to hear from president biden during his state of the union address? >> reporter: well, they want to hear more fight. i'll start this out by talking about the voters i've been talking to here in madison. liberal voters, those who help ed turnout in the 2020 presidential election and a couple of months ago in the midterm elections. what they have been saying is, yes, they understand the political realities, when we hear from president biden tonight they want to hear more aggress and more fight from the president. >> i often get frustrated when democrats compromise before they come to the negotiation table. >> i think democrats compromise a lot.

we need to show more aggressive stance at this point. i don't think we have been aggressive enough in this. >> i would like to see more unity in his leadership on that front. which is difficult certainly, but at the same time, i would like to see a bit more of a vision. >> i would like him to be more aggressive about the culture war issues that are all made up. >> reporter: and to be clear, these are all folks who say that they will still support president biden, especially if he runs for re-election against the republican challenger. but, again, they want to see more aggression, that stronger stance from him during thinks speech in front of congress tonight. >> interesting. and you were in wisconsin, a year ago, talking to some voters about president biden's performance. what are they saying now? >> reporter: some of those fame faces that you saw just in that past clip, those are the same people i spoke to a year ago then. i was talking about his

performance one year since he was inaugurated. one thing that is very clear, their top issue is no longer the coronavirus. many of them still have masks on. now they say other issues have taken that priority and they want to hear those issues addressed tonight. >> all right, shaq brewster for us. thank you. nbc news learned that labor secretary marty walsh will be leaving the biden administration soon. a source familiar with the matter says he will become the leader of the national hockey league player association. he spent several years as the mayor of boston where before joining the biden cabinet. coming up, the new warning over a household battery so common you may even be holding one in your hand right now.

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in today's daily health, relief from rsv could soon be on the way for parents and their kids. >> a shot to protect babies from the respiratory illness will soon be available, but some kids could have trouble getting that shot. let's bring in dr. john torres. good to see you, dr. john. about 90,000 infants and young children in the u.s. have been in the hospital for rsv. we have been talking about it a lot. that's since the beginning of october. how would this help? >> this would help because it would give them the one thing they don't have right now, a shot to try and help prevent this. what they're talking about is giving this in the first year of life when they get through their first fall season because that's

when rsv hits. if we can protect them, keep them out of the hospital, keep them from dying, beyond that their own immune system can protect them. that's the goal behind this. >> i understand there may be some roadblocks too. why may some babies not be able to get this shot? >> you said the word shot, instead of vaccine. this is not a vaccine. it is a shot. it is a monoclonal antibody shot. there is a children for vaccines program that is out there, since this is not a vaccine, nobody knows if it is going to fall into that program, which pays for children who can't afford the shot. if they can't afford the shot, they're thinking it could be $600 or so. but it could be unaffordable for some. it may be out of reach for them cost-wise in it is not covered but trying to make sure it is covered. >> i didn't understand this is different than a vaccine. is there a vaccine at all in the works? >> there are vaccines in the works. right now there are a couple of vaccines coming out, probably summertime or fall time. one of them is for women who are

pregnant to prevent the child from getting rsv once the child has been born. the other one is for older adults because that's a population that tends to get hit very hard with this and we want to protect them as well. with children themselves, it is going to take longer to get a vaccine, not just a shot, but a vaccine, because we had some failures in the mid-'60s that caused a lot of issues. so a little trepidation, they're making sure they're careful covering it this time, making sure it is safe and effective. we'll get there, just not yet. >> all right, dr. john torres, we appreciate it, thank you. in today's consumer confidential, a warning about lithium ion batteries. >> they're commonly found in a lot of our homes inside everyday objects we know. but they can also pose a real serious fire danger. here is vicky nguyen. >> this demonstration shows what it looks like when a lithium ion battery fails and sparks a fire. often because of faulty design or overcharging. those batteries causing more than 200 fires in new york city alone last year.

injuring 147 people and killing six. and look at this battery catching fire and exploding next to a child. >> startup charge in five, four -- >> reporter: we met with researchers in pennsylvania to see what happens when a lithium ion battery is purposefully overcharged and fails starting a fire. >> we're here with steve, with the ul fire safety research institute. we're actually inside of a home built to burn? >> we study how fire grows and spreads and we purposefully instrument it so we can figure out how to keep people safe for emerging technologies like this. >> reporter: they outfitted this house with everything you would find in a typical american home. then they rigged it with cameras and an array of sensors that measure heat and gases. it is going to catch fire. it is going to release a lot of gas and we're going to see an explosion. >> reporter: researchers removed the safety features on the battery to ensure it would fail. after two hours of overcharging the scooter, smoke.

17 seconds later, the explosion buckled the windows. this is what it looked like from the inside. 12 minutes late, the living area engulfed. it was too toxic for us to get into the home after the fire. here is what it looked like inside after he ran a similar test two weeks earlier. >> it happened so fast. doesn't give people a lot of people to react. >> reporter: it is not just e-scooter and bikes. these batteries power electric vehicles, they're also used in energy storage systems to store solar energy. hunter claire and justin lopez witnessed it firsthand in 2019. >> we thought it was a transformer fire. >> reporter: the peoria, arizona, fire captains responded to a call of a facility containing thousands of lithium ion batteries used to store energy for the power grid. you needed to make sure it was safe for the workers to go back in. >> so they could fix whatever the problem was. as we went to leave, it ignited. it blew up. i don't remember the explosion

or anything from there. >> reporter: the force blew both men under a chain link fence, lopez landed 30 feet away, claire, 70 feet. the men nearly died. both suffered brain trauma, broken bones, and multiple burns. how are you doing today? >> doing pretty good. all things considered. just happy to be alive. >> reporter: they're now sounding the alarm that these battery failures can be lethal. in statements to nbc news, the battery industry says failures are rare and the technology continues to be as safe and cost effective way to provide reliable clean energy to consumers. and they are collaborating with emergency response governmental agencies to increase awareness. to avoid this, buy batteries that are certiied by a lab. if you see smoke from the battery, get out quickly and call 911. best practices to safely live with this new technology. vicky nguyen, nbc news.

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