Tag: e-bikes

Firefighters battle blaze in Brooklyn linked to damaged lithium batteries

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Oct. 14, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a house fire at 39 Ave. O between West 9th and 10th streets in Bensonhurst on Sunday morning. Firefighters from Engine Company 330 and Tower Ladder 172 responded to heavy flames pouring from a first-floor window of a two-story brick building…

City advances plans for delivery ‘microhubs’ to reduce truck traffic, pollution in Brooklyn and Manhattan

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Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city took one step closer to cleaner, greener package delivery on Tuesday as the Department of Transportation advanced a delivery “microhub” pilot program. The hubs would give truck drivers a space to safely transfer their cargo from long-haul trucks to smaller, safer, and more sustainable methods of…

FDNY makes first lithium-ion battery arrest at Flatbush bike shop

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Apr. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper staff

A Brooklyn merchant wound up in fire marshals’ handcuffs for improper storage of highly-flammable lithium-ion batteries inside his business — the first arrest of its kind ever reported in New York City, FDNY officials announced Monday.

Brooklyn legislators look to reinforce e-bike battery safety after multiple deadly fires

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Dec. 27, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro

In November, a fire caused by a lithium-ion e-bike battery in Crown Heights killed three people and injured 14. Lithium-ion batteries were also to blame for a Bushwick blaze that injured five people in October, and for an inferno that destroyed a Sunset Park storage facility just a few days later.