E-bikes and lithium-ion batteries sparking deadly fires have now caused some apartment buildings to take action. The numbers show just how frequent these fires are becoming, and how often they're turning deadly. TimMcNicholas has the story.
The numbers show just how frequent these fires are becoming, and how often they're turning deadly.
Last year, the FDNY says e-bike batteries caused 220 fires, killing six people. Just four months into this year, batteries caused 59 fires, killing five people,But as CBS2 found out on Tuesday, not everyone is on board with plans to ban the bikes.From a 7-year-old and 19-year-old killed in Queens this week to more than 40 people hurt on the Upper East Side in November, stories about lithium-ion battery fires are prompting more and more apartment buildings to pull the plug on e-bikes.
"I mean, it seems like they are a fire hazard," said John Mutter, a resident of River Arts Apartments in Washington Heights. The 500 people living at the River Arts Apartments recently got emails saying e-bikes are banned on the property."I think for everybody's safety it's a good idea," resident Aileen Chang said.
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