FDNY arrest, charge Brooklyn e-bike store owner for lithium-ion battery violations

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Lithium-Ion Battery Fires: FDNY Arrest News

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There were five lithium-ion battery fires this past weekend, part of 10 reported fires within the past week. Although the number of deaths from these fires are down, the warning sign is clear.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 2:18AMDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN --It's an ongoing issue in New York City: illegal and uncertified lithium-ion batteries exploding inside businesses and homes in the five boroughs.

"It's the sheer number of times we've gone there and the sheer quality and types of dangerous activity that they had going on at the site," Kavanagh said. This wasn't the first visit to the shop, and so for the first time in a case like this, officials filed criminal charges against Liu. While the commissioner says most small businesses have come in compliance, others continue circumventing the law in an industry where there is a lot of money to be made.

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