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 …