Posted on 08/03/2022 2:39:14 PM PDT by lowbridge
A 5-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman were killed by a fire inside a public housing apartment in Harlem that officials believe was caused by the exploding battery of an electric scooter. The blaze, which ignited in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, also seriously injured the girl’s father.
The tragedy marks the second and third fatalities in public housing caused by the volatile lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes, scooters and hoverboards and that NYCHA is now considering banning from its 177,000 apartments. Last December, a tenant died in a fire caused by a battery at the Jacob Riis Houses in Lower Manhattan.
A fire department official said that an electric scooter, an e-bike and a hoverboard were all stored inside the East 129th St. apartment in the Jackie Robinson Houses by its entry door, so when the fire erupted shortly before 2:30 a.m. the child and two adults couldn’t escape. A firefighter was also transported to a hospital, officials said.
As THE CITY has reported, then-Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett advised NYCHA management to ban these battery-driven devices from their properties back in 2018 after a fire at a Brooklyn development did serious damage to a hallway where a scooter was being stored.
More than three years later, NYCHA still didn’t accept DOI’s suggestion.
It wasn’t until April 2020 that the agency got around to beginning the process of adopting such a ban. And it wasn’t until this May when they began seeking public comment on it. After THE CITY raised questions about the proposed ban in July, NYCHA Chairperson Gregory Russ extended the public comment period.
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Wait until everybody is driving EVs. This kind of crap will be the norm.
Elon, you’ve got to fix this Blazing Battery problem, at least for the E-Cars of Tesla. I’ve heard some say those kind of blazes cannot be put out by normal means, and often have to simply burn themselves out over days.
Too bad it’s not safe to lock your bike outside.
Hundreds of fires every day
It’s going to start happening a lot more.
Wait until everybody is driving EVs. This kind of crap will be the norm.
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But you will be warm at night, with the electricity and gas shut off.
The gift that keeps on burning - libtards want to put one in every garage
“Two Dead in NYCHA Housing Blaze Ignited by Exploding E-bike Battery, Officials Say”
Kind of dumb to bring an exploding E-Bike battery inside.
If Faucis viruses and quackzines don’t get you, the EV fires will.
Just wait until 4,000Kw of energy is dead shorted from an eco-friendly EV.........which will also happen in your fender bender accidents. We maintain a fleet of 38 electric vehicles at work. Every month one goes up in a charging disaster. Enough toxic gas to kill 30,000 square feet of lungs.
At least they were spared dying of global warming
Maybe that’s how the gangs and mob are retaliating now. They bring the e-bike battery up and just like that looks like an accident and not a murder. No gun involved either. Not to mention the big lottery win for the family after suing the battery company, e-bike company etc.
Easily kaboom.
Of course the stuff would be right by the door!
So dreadful! May these poor people rest in peace and may the Dad recover, and may G-d help him.
Gasoline is pretty nasty too if not handled properly. The technology will improve and this kind of fire will become as rare as idiots burning themselves up with gasoline.
“Gasoline is pretty nasty too if not handled properly. The technology will improve and this kind of fire will become as rare as idiots burning themselves up with gasoline.”
And in the meantime, there’s always sandpaper and Solarcaine!
Suspiciously convenient that China can’t be sued over their manufacturing defects.
“I charge my e-bike in front of my security camera in the garage equipped with a smoke detector. 48VDC four hour battery at full output of 500 watts.”
Smart. Hopefully you give the battery a bit of room to flame out before lighting up other stuff.
You can easily put out a gasoline fire. Not so with a lithium fire.
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