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Lithium ion batteries used to power electric bicycles and scooters have already sparked 22 fires that caused 36 injuries and two deaths in New York City<\/a> this year, four times the number of fires linked to the batteries by this time last year, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said Mayor Eric Adams’ administration<\/a> is “coming at this problem from every single angle,” including working with the City Council and the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission on additional regulations for the batteries and educating the public on their proper use and storage.<\/p>\n

NYC BUILDING FIRE CAUSED BY E-BIKE BATTERIES, DEVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL FIRES IN RECENT WEEKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“These are incredibly dangerous devices, and we must make sure that members of the community are handling them properly and using them safely,” Kavanagh said at a briefing on public safety.<\/p>\n

Many of the fires blamed on the batteries have been caused by malfunctioning devices left to charge overnight and placed in a hallway or near a door where they can trap people inside a burning apartment.<\/p>\n

119 DEATHS REPORTED WHILE USING ELECTRIC BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS, US NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FINDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Three children and an adult were injured this month when a charging battery started a fire<\/a> in their upper Manhattan apartment at 1:30 a.m., officials said.<\/p>\n

Fire Department Chief of Operations John Esposito said after the Feb. 5 blaze that when the battery overheated and sparked a fire, “it blocked the egress out of the apartment, trapping the family.”<\/p>\n

Kavanagh said the e-bike batteries “present often an immediate inability to exit one\u2019s room or one\u2019s apartment or one\u2019s home. So it\u2019s really critical that we work with all our partners up here in government around enforcement, around education, around combating the hazards that these present to citizens and first responders.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-york-city-e-bike-batteries-blamed-22-fires-2-deaths-since-january <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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