An electric scooter’s lithium-ion battery explosion resulted in a 5-alarm fire in the Bronx, NYC on Sunday.
The scooter was parked inside the rear part of a single-level grocery store when its battery exploded and caused a rapidly spreading 5-alarm fire.
It took 200 firefighters operating with 50 units to put the fire out.
At least 7 people were injured, out of which a civilian and an emergency service worker were seriously injured.
FDNY released a video of the moment when the fire started inside the store.
Per FDNY Fire Marshals, the cause of today’s 5-alarm fire at 2096 Grand Concourse in the Bronx was a lithium-ion battery which powered a scooter. pic.twitter.com/HTifRojiJo
— FDNY (@FDNY) March 5, 2023
This is the 400th fire in NYC caused by a lithium-ion battery in the past 4 years.
As FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh noted, there was extraordinary damage with the entire building being completely destroyed.
Sources: cnn.com, nypost.com
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