Two people were injured Monday morning, one of them seriously, when an e-bike burst into flames in a Bronx apartment building, the FDNY said.
The e-bike caught fire just before 6 a.m. in the basement of 768 E. 187th St., a four-story building in Belmont.
Twelve FDNY units and 60 firefighters responded to the fire and were able to bring it under control around 6:30 a.m.
One civilian was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital in serious condition but is expected to survive.
More than 100 fires and 13 dead from lithium ion battery fires in NYC alone this year. Perfectly safe technology?
“… ion batteries now a top cause of fatal fires in New York”
New Yorkers voted for this, they can live, or die from it.
I wonder when insurance rates go up in New York?
I wonder why we never hear about this in Canada are we immune to the problems that the rest of the world faces? People all over the world are dying from the “covid” shots, Canada, eh, no problem. Electric cars are burning worldwide, Canada , not so much eh. We are either a nation of liars or a nation of fools.
“We are either a nation of liars or a nation of fools.”
Both.
A cycle shop salesman where I bought my old timey pedal bike from said 40% of sales are ebikes.
But those would be a few reputable brands, unlike the wild west of Amazon, etc.
Expect the flames to go higher.
The Wall Street Journal had an article about battery fires.
“Thanks to their ability to store large amounts of energy in a small package, lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly popular, powering such devices as laptops and vape pens as well as electric cars and bikes. While most of the batteries operate safely, a small percentage can malfunction and catch fire, sometimes with lethal results.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lithium-ion-batteries-fire-explained-1e5cbe9c?page=1