Around 1:00 p.m. Sunday, a sudden fire broke out in an apartment building located at St. James Place and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
The flames reached the 17th floor of the skyscraper, leaving two people injured.
Minutes later, the New York Fire Department (FDNY) responded to put out the fire, which continued to grow while they fought it. Shortly after, manage to turn it off.
The reasons that caused the fire in a Manhattan building are unknown
A team of paramedics also arrived at the scene to attend to the two people who were injured.
So far, the FDNY has not been able to determine what caused the fire. Recently, this type of accident has occurred due to electric bicycle batteries.
Fire investigation experts attributed the incident to the battery of an electric bicycle, being the third that caused this type of device, since the beginning of 2023.
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NYC has been the scene of several fires caused by electric bikes, specifically due to the malfunction of lithium batteries.
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On April 20, 2022, a fire at 213 West 23rd Street in Manhattan was a lithium-ion battery from a bicycle, says FDNY.
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This is how the area where this electric bicycle was that caught fire on April 20, 2022. This happened at East 125 Street / Park Avenue in Manhattan.
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On April 21 at 286 Fort Washington Avenue in Manhattan, the battery of an electric bicycle also caused this fire.
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Several firefighters came to put out this fire and the havoc it caused is obvious.
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Once again: the cause of the 3-alarm fire on April 21. at 374 East 9th Street in Brooklyn, it was a lithium-ion battery from an electric bicycle.
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FDNY asks electric scooter or bicycle owners to be very careful in the way they use them.
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In 2021, electric bike batteries caused 104 fires, injuring 79 people and killing four, according to FDNY statistics.
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As of April 2022, the number of fires caused by electric bikes in NYC does not look any better: this class of fires stands at 104, to date, and has injured 79 people, while causing four deaths, according to FDNY statistics.
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To prevent fires caused by electric bikes, FDNY recommends using only charging cables provided by the manufacturer.
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They also recommend keeping batteries away from flammable items and storing e-bikes out of direct sunlight.
