San Francisco has so far seen at least 24 fires linked to rechargeable batteries. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN FRANCISCO - Two people jumped out of an apartment complex window in the Tenderloin neighbourhood of San Francisco to escape a fire that was spreading in their unit on Monday.The blaze was probably caused by an overheated e-scooter battery that firefighters later spotted plugged into a charger near the unit’s front door, according to Captain Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the San Francisco Fire Department.
“Fortunately, we’re not seeing it to that same degree here in San Francisco,” Capt Baxter said. “However, one fire is one too many.” The figures include fires linked to rechargeable batteries used in e-scooters and e-bikes , as well as electric cars, motorcycles and skateboards. “All it takes is for one small battery cell to be defective, overcharged or damaged, and a tremendous amount of energy is released in the form of heat and toxic flammable gases all at once,” Mr Daniel Murray, the New York Fire Department’s chief of hazmat operations, told The New York Times.
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