4 dead after battery causes fire at New York City e-bike shop that spreads to apartments

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Yesterday.

4 dead after battery causes fire at New York City e-bike shop that spreads to apartments

Authorities say a fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others

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Ebike shop fire, New York, June 2023, 4 dead

There have been fires before, almost all of them the result of cheap generic battery packs with cheap generic BMS's, and cheap generic chargers. I don't know what caused this one, at the "HQ Ebike Repair", on Madison St in Chinatown. What makes this fire noteworthy is that four people died, and...

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[saneagle]

Yesterday.

4 dead after battery causes fire at New York City e-bike shop that spreads to apartments

Authorities say a fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others

abcnews.go.com

Ebike shop fire, New York, June 2023, 4 dead

There have been fires before, almost all of them the result of cheap generic battery packs with cheap generic BMS's, and cheap generic chargers. I don't know what caused this one, at the "HQ Ebike Repair", on Madison St in Chinatown. What makes this fire noteworthy is that four people died, and...

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It's not a very good idea to have an ebike shop underneath appartments. Poor people!

That area looks very run down. I thought New York was supposed to be affluent.

 

[joelectric]

It's not a very good idea to have an ebike shop underneath appartments. Poor people!

That area looks very run down. I thought New York was supposed to be affluent.

True, it's a combined stored fuel source, like having a flat above the BP Garage.

 

[Az.]

I keep batteries in the shed. I prefer to risk them being stolen than to risk a fire in my house.

 

[sjpt]

I thought New York was supposed to be affluent.

Some bits are. US isn't a place to be poor.