An electric scooter battery sparked a fire that killed an 8-year-old girl in New York City, authorities said. The death on Saturday was at least the third time in a little over a year that a fatal fire in the city has been linked to a scooter battery.
One neighbor got the chilling call for his sister and says the fire erupted from the unit, the station reported.
"She saw just a huge fire and everything happening, but she never really seen anything like this, especially around our area, where there's, like, really never anything. It's just a calm neighborhood," Alejandro Mendreno said.from an electric scooter — one of scores of fires blamed on electric scooter and bike batteries in New York City over the past two years.Aug.
E-bikes are being blamed for more than 60 injuries in the city this year, CBS New York reported. The New York City Housing Authority is pushing to have e-bikes banned from their buildings.
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