E-bike fire kills four people in New York City

In an alarming wake-up call for New York City, an early morning inferno linked to lithium ion batteries proved fatal for four residents in Manhattan’s Chinatown. On Tuesday, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh revealed that the deadly blaze began at HQ E-Bike Repair, a ground floor store cited last summer for violations related to its storage and charging of e-bike batteries. At the scene, Belal Alayah, a neighborhood resident, reported seeing the flames spread beyond the …

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Woman And Child Killed In Fire Started By An Electric Scooter

Fire Sparked by Electric Scooter Battery Kills Woman and Child in Harlem – The New York Times A fire broke out in a sixth-floor apartment in the Jackie Robinson Houses on East 129th Street, killing a young girl, an adult woman, and three dogs. Investigators believe that an e-bike parked near the door was the source of the blaze. Erika Williams, 5, was in a deadly fire. The young girl was killed in a battery-powered …

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