ORIGINAL: the troll
Just wondering if LiPos need atmospheric Oxygen to burn or do they have an oxygenate incorporated within. My concern if the latter is true a tight container may become explosive.
This link has some chemistry info...all I've found on it so far.
http://www.chm.anl.gov/compmat/lipeo.htm
Based on the reports I have read about various failures, I would say the battery is explosive "in and of itself".