The National Fire Protection Association says charging failures can cause "thermal runaway," where an overheated cell inside a battery triggers a dangerous chain reaction. Another potential hazard ...
A 34-year-old man died and two firefighters were injured after an e-bike battery caught fire inside his Bronx apartment. It was the city’s fifth fatality this year caused by lithium-ion ...
The TTC is proposing a seasonal ban on e-bikes and e-scooters each year, as concerns increase over lithium-ion battery powered devices and the risk of fire.
The fire inside the third-floor apartment on Beaumont ... At this time last year, 12 people across the city had died in e-bike battery fires — more than twice the number so far for this year.