E-bike battery fires cause deadly crisis in NYC.
TL;DR
A fire at an e-bike shop in New York City, caused by a lithium ion battery, quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people. The shop had been cited for safety violations related to the storage and charging of batteries last summer. Lithium ion batteries can overheat while being charged and explode in an intensely hot flare of flame.
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