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E-bike battery fire in NYC leaves 3 kids injured, including 2 critically: FDNY

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.

Firetruck outside building.
Flames tore through a fifth-floor apartment at 165 Sherman Ave. in Inwood.
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Emergency responders carry out a stretcher.
Three children and one adult were injured.
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Windows.
A lithium ion battery is believed to have caused the fire.
Christopher Sadowski

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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.