NEW YORK, June 21, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing number of such incidents. The fire broke out overnight in a maintenance shop for electric bicycles and scooters, on the ground floor of a building in Chinatown. A large pile of blackened two-wheelers was seen strewn outside the charred facility on Tuesday, in a photo posted by New York Fire Department on their official Twitter account. It is the 108th such fire so far this year in New York, with a total toll of 66 injured and 13 dead, including Tuesday's victims, according to the fire department. In April, a 19-year-old woman and her seven-year-old brother were killed in a similar fire in the borough of Queens.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha June 21, 2023 04:27 UTC