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flag A lithium battery fire in a golf cart sparked a blaze at a Virginia Buc-ee’s, contained by sprinklers with no injuries, while a separate Texas fire at a country club, also involving lithium batteries, destroyed a cart barn and is under investigation.

flag A fire at a Buc-ee’s in Mount Crawford, Virginia, on February 7, 2026, started in a golf cart’s lithium batteries and spread to the storeroom, prompting a two-hour response from five fire departments; the sprinkler system helped contain the blaze, which caused no injuries. flag In Lufkin, Texas, a separate fire destroyed a cart barn at Crown Colony Country Club, ignited by electrical shorts in a transformer room, with lithium batteries complicating efforts; nearly 40 firefighters worked five hours to control the fire, aided by community support, and the cause remains under investigation.

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