just one of the many glitches in the greenies’s electric future. don’t buy into it:
PIC: 14 March: Daily Mail: Charred wreckage is all that remains of a century-old townhouse after a fire started by a charging e-scooter - as six brave cops brave the flames to save three residents
Six police officers have been hospitalised after attending a house fire in Glebe
Occupants of the townhouse feared a fourth person was trapped on the top level
Officers were treated for smoke inhalation and have been released from hospital
By OLIVIA DAY
Photos from the scene showed blackened pieces of furniture and personal items completely destroyed by the flames...
Inspector Watson said the fire was likely sparked by an e-scooter which was found charging on the bottom level.
‘Possibly it overcharged and caused a small explosion,’ he said, while urging residents to keep a close eye on electric devices as they charge...
A crime scene has been established to confirm the cause of the house fire.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10609831/Glebe-Sydney-Six-brave-police-officers-rushed-hospital-inhaling-smoke-house-fire.html
A friend of mine lost his house when a charging electric drill battery caught fire in the garage. I charge all of my batteries on the kitchen counter or in a shed I can afford to lose.
I almost started a fire with a Makita battery thirty years ago, and have treated them very carefully ever since.