Lithium ion battery fires have been on the rise across the country since about 2019 due to the increasing number of e-bikes and scooters on the road.
Cheddar’s own Ashley Mastronardi spoke to a business owner who was personally affected by an e-bike blaze.
"You see your livelihood is burning, it’s not easy to see," said Khalid Raja, owner of Quality Discount Inc., which was damaged in a five-alarm fire that started with a faulty e-bike lithium battery
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were 25,000 lithium-ion battery fires reported in a five-year period.
The New York City Fire Department said these fires are happening all over the country and offered some tips for how to stay safe, including never plugging a battery-powered bike into a power strip and avoiding charging bikes at night.
The largest drag brunch show ever took place right here in New York City this past weekend. The event was organized by H&M and the Marcia Institute in an effort to stand with the LGBTQ community and drag performers as a number of states across the country have introduced anti-drag legislation.
A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people.
Earlier this morning, a News 12 crew witnessed a very unexpected scene unfold on Long Island, as a police officer and a firefighter rescued a man from a submerged car. The drama happened at Mascot Dock, Patchogue at about 5 a.m., as reporter Caroline Flynn was reporting on an unrelated story.
Daniel Penny was charged last month in the death of Jordan Neely, who Penny put in a chokehold for more than three minutes after Neely reportedly began yelling that he was hungry and thirsty and that he didn't care if he went to jail.
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At least 79 died after a boat capsized off the coast of southern Greece.
The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 2 million people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as a U.N. official warned that escalating attacks in Darfur city could amount to “crimes against humanity.”
A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.
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