Three children were injured – two critically – in yet another New York City fire fueled by an e-bike battery, the FDNY said Sunday.
The kids were hurt when flames tore through a fifth-floor apartment at 165 Sherman Ave. in Inwood in Upper Manhattan around 1:30 a.m., officials said.
An adult was also critically injured, the officials said. The victims’ ages and genders were not released.
A lithium ion battery is believed to have caused the blaze, the FDNY said.
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The batteries power e-bikes and other mobility devices but can be fire hazards, authorities have said.
Fires caused by e-bike batteries killed six people in the city in 2022, officials said.
A lithium battery was blamed for a fire in College Point, Queens, in September that left an 8-year-old girl dead and two adults seriously injured. Fire officials said an electric-scooter battery caused the blaze.