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.
Residents in Northern California to have power cut as fire weather intensifies in the region.
Inmate forced to give birth in jail cell after begging for medical help.
A Connecticut man was charged with grand larceny after finding a bag of cash outside of a bank and keeping it.
The FBI announced it took down a criminal ransomware network used for hundreds of thousands of cyber attacks.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, including the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station. Service was restored with delays by midday.
Better catch the show if you can. There won't be another blue supermoon until 2037.
A technical issue that led to hundreds of flight delays and cancellations in the UK on Monday will take 'some days' to fix.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 and the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
Police charged a graduate student at the University of North Carolina with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing a faculty member.
