Fire breaks through Brooklyn home with multiple e-bikes, resident critically injured

A raging fire engulfed a Brooklyn home early Tuesday morning, critically injuring a man inside, and firefighters were trying to determine if the blaze was caused by a faulty e-bike battery, FDNY officials said.

The fire broke out inside a three-story home on Goodwin Place off Green Avenue in Bushwick around 4:40 am, officials said.

All three floors were on fire when firefighters arrived, according to an FDNY source.

The fire broke out inside a three-story home on Goodwin Place near Green Avenue in Bushwick around 4:40 am, according to FDNY officials.

More than 130 FDNY members were called upon to put out the massive fire. The fire was extinguished in about an hour.

A resident of the home was taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in critical condition. The second resident suffered minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital.

A number of e-bikes, scooters and other micro-mobile devices powered by lithium-ion batteries were found inside the building, according to an FDNY spokesman, but it’s not yet clear if any of them started the fire.

The fire broke out inside a three-story home on Goodwin Place near Green Avenue in Bushwick around 4:40 am, according to FDNY officials.

Firefighters from the FDNY arrived on the scene and tried to determine what caused the fire.

The FDNY has responded to about three lithium-ion battery fires a week this year, officials said. As of Monday, 22 fires, 36 injuries and one death this year have been linked to faulty e-bike batteries that explode while charging, causing a fast-spreading fire that is hard to stop.

More than 130 FDNY members were called upon to put out the massive fire.  The fire was extinguished in about an hour.

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh recently wrote to the U.S. Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, urging the agency to use its authority to seize “imported devices in ports that do not meet minimum industry standards.”

The Feds could also rid the city of faulty e-bike batteries by “imposing fines on manufacturers that fail to inform CPSC of product hazards and seeking additional recalls of unsafe products,” Kavanagh wrote.

Content Source

California Press News – Latest News:
Los Angeles Local News || Bay Area Local News || California News || Lifestyle News || National news || Travel News || Health News

Related Articles

Back to top button