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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

LG battery recall ramps up as 4400 homes remain at risk

There are fears a range of faulty LG solar batteries could lead to house fires. (HANDOUT/NSW FIRE AND RESCUE)

Technology giant LG will launch an urgent year-long advertising campaign after it emerged more than 4000 Australian homes were still using solar batteries that could overheat and catch fire without warning. 

However, the company's battery recall could affect thousands more households in future after it emerged one battery that had been "remedied" with a software update had also caught fire. 

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